Frontispiece to The Gobbi

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Frontispiece to The Gobbi

Frontispice

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)

1616

Medium/Technique Etching

Dimensions Sheet: 6 x 8.5 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)(trimmed on or within the platemark at the top and sides, and with 2 mm margin at the bottom)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP19504.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Meaume 747; Lieure 0279, i/ii

Marks Verso, upper left, stamped in gray ink, the mark of The Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); verso, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink (almost completely faded), the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceThe Rev. J. Burleigh James, Knowbury Park, Shropshire (mid-19th cent.)(Lugt 1425); Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897