Jacques Callot. Frontispiece, from The Combat at the Barrier. Etching and engraving. 1627
Jacques Callot. Frontispiece, from The Combat at the Barrier. Etching and engraving. 1627
Jacques Callot. Frontispiece, from The Combat at the Barrier. Etching and engraving. 1627
Jacques Callot. Frontispiece, from The Combat at the Barrier. Etching and engraving. 1627
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Jacques Callot. Frontispiece, from The Combat at the Barrier. Etching and engraving. 1627

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Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635).
Title: Frontispiece, from the series Le Combat a La Barrière (The Combat at the Barrier).
Inscription: At bottom center: Tant de marques de gloire, à qui l'antiquité / Faict du monde naissant tirer leur souvenance / N'ayant poinct d'aultre fin que L'immortalité / Les Grâces et l'Amour en ont faict alliance. At lower left: Jac. Callot. At lower right: In. et Fecit Nanceij (Nancy).
Dimensions: Sheet 6" x 4 1/4".
Printer: Sébastien Philippe.
Edition: Henri Humbert (French, active early 17th century). Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy.
Date: 1627.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and engraving on laid paper partially
adhered to the cream cardboard support.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: Floating against the cream cardboard.
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: A vertical crease, wear. trimmed to image. Signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: Édouard Meaume, 1924. No 492, pp. 623.
Part of: Frontispiece, from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sébastien Philippe.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 41.139.1.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XVII.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.