Preview
Creation Date
ca. 1633
Geography
France
Culture
French
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
With frame: 10 × 12 × 1 1/4 in. (25.4 × 30.5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Long-term Loan from the Estate of Boris Blick, 2015
Accession Number
2015.84
Provenance
Purchased by Boris Blick from a couple of dealers in pre-Modern prints at a show sponsored by the Print Club of Cleveland, probably in the late 1990s.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Within image, lower left: "2. Iſrael excud. cum privil. Reg."; lower right "2."
Paper on back of frame: "JAQUES CALLOT / (1592–1635) / L'ATTAQUE SUR LA ROUTE / (1633) / LiEVRE 1334 / FROM LES PETTiES MiSERES DE LA GUERRE"
Rubber stamp on back of frame: "DENIS CONLEY GALLERY / 1936 W. Market St. / Akron, Ohio 44314 / 330-836-9044"
Creator Biography
Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635 (etcher).
Description
Scene depicting an outdoor battle with figures fighting in hand to hand combat and armed with guns, swords, and spears. A man is hanging from a tree in the background.
Plate 2 from Les Petites Misères de la Guerre (The small miseries of war), "L'Attaque sur la Route" ("Attack on the Road") is one of seven prints in the series.