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accession number: 1970.342
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The Large Hunt, 1619. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching; sheet: 20.7 x 47.1 cm (8 1/8 x 18 9/16 in.); platemark: 19.8 x 46.3 cm (7 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Margaret Crile Garretson in memory of Hiram Garretson 1970.342
title: The Large Hunt
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creation date: 1619
creation date earliest: 1619
creation date latest: 1619
current location:
creditline: Gift of Margaret Crile Garretson in memory of Hiram Garretson
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culture: France, 17th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
find spot:
catalogue raisonne: Lieure (2) II.11.353
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CREATORS
* Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 20.7 x 47.1 cm (8 1/8 x 18 9/16 in.); Platemark: 19.8 x 46.3 cm (7 13/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
state of the work: I/IV
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description: cream(3) laid paper
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inscriptions:
inscription: lower left, in plate: Jac Callot In. et Fe ; verso, center left, in graphite: 3-2[sideways] ; VERSO, lower right, in graphite: L353 I/4 ; lower right, in graphite: 35[circled] ; lower right, in graphite: C 37105
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1970
opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-10-29T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).
title: Stefano Della Bella; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; Jacques Bellange; Jacques Callot
opening date: 1980-05-07T04:00:00
Stefano Della Bella; Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione; Jacques Bellange; Jacques Callot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 7-July 13, 1980).
title: French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792
opening date: 1982-01-25T05:00:00
French Prints and Drawings in the Age of the Bourbons, 1589-1792. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 25-May 16, 1982).
title: Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620
opening date: 1997-08-03T00:00:00
Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 3-October 26, 1997).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
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PROVENANCE
purchased from (P. & D. Colnaghi, NY).
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Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
The Large Hunt, 1619
Etching
Gift of Margaret Crile Garretson in memory of Hiram Garretson 1970.342
Callot is known for two important inventions in etching. He designed a
slanted, oval-shaped, steel-tipped etching tool called an échoppe which is
used to imitate the tapering and swelling lines of an engraving. He also
developed a hard ground (an acid-resistant coating for etching plates),
composed of mastic and linseed oil, that resisted chipping. Callot's work
was significantly influenced by theater design. His organization of space,
usually into three distinct areas (although there are five in this
case)-foreground, middleground, and background-resembles stage sets of the
time. In fact, this work was probably inspired by a theater screen painted
by Federico Zuccaro in 1565.
Like Jacques Bellange, whose works are featured in galleries 109 and 110,
Callot was from Lorraine. He was one of the most prolific professional
printmakers of the 1600s. Trained as an engraver, he worked in Nancy,
France, the Low Countries, and in Florence for Grand Duke Cosimo II de'
Medici. His range of subjects was broad-religious scenes, theater and
pageants, court life, beggars, and landscapes.
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