Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635), after.
Title: Landscape with church standing on a rocky promontory.
Signed in plate: upper right: Jac. Callot Invent.
Dimensions: Sheet 3 1/2" x 7 1/4".
Date: XVII C.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Remnants of glue and hinges; soils. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Édouard Meaume, 1860. Vol. 2. No. 1109, p. 480. "This piece was imitated by a clumsy person who engraved, on the top right, the words: Jac. Callot Invent."
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1861,0713.1234 for the original engraving published by Israël Henriet.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.