visibility Similar

code Related

Twee straatartiesten als Capitano Esgangarato en Capitano Cocodrillo

description

Summary

Twee artiesten met gevederde hoofddeksels op dansen naast elkaar. Onder de figuren staan hun namen genoteerd. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van 23 prenten (24 incl. titelprent) met telkens op de voorgrond twee straatartiesten verkleed als figuren uit de Italiaanse commedia dell'arte, en op de achtergrond toeschouwers die in de buitenlucht een (dans)voorstelling van straatartiesten gadeslaan.

Jacques Callot was born in Nancy, Lorraine, now France. He came from an aristocratic family and he writes about his noble status in his print inscriptions. He learned engraving in Rome from an expatriate Frenchman, Philippe Thomassin, and probably, from Antonio Tempesta in Florence where he started to work for the Medici. In 1621, he returned to Nancy where he lived for the rest of his life. Although he remained in Nancy, his prints were distributed through Europe. He developed several technical innovations that enabled etching lines to be etched more smoothly and deeply. Now etchers could do the very detailed work that was previously the monopoly of engravers, and Callot made good use of the new techniques. His multiple innovations also achieved unprecedented subtlety in the effects of distance and light even his prints were relatively small – as much as about six inches or 15 cm on their longest dimension. His most famous prints are his two series of prints each on "the Miseries and Misfortunes of War". These images show soldiers pillaging and burning their way through towns before being arrested and executed by their superiors, lynched by peasants, or surviving to live as crippled beggars.

label_outline

Tags

prints paper etching jacques callot twee straatartiesten als capitano esgangarato capitano cocodrillo high resolution title print title page book title page dance gathering spectators headgear duchy of lorraine french rijksmuseum french prints
date_range

Date

1621 - 1622
collections

in collections

Jacques Callot

Jacques Callot, baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
create

Source

Rijksmuseum
link

Link

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/
copyright

Copyright info

Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

label_outline Explore Headgear, Duchy Of Lorraine, Jacques Callot

Topics

prints paper etching jacques callot twee straatartiesten als capitano esgangarato capitano cocodrillo high resolution title print title page book title page dance gathering spectators headgear duchy of lorraine french rijksmuseum french prints