Old Drawings

Hermitage on a rock

Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

circa 1630

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Jacques Callot "Paysage", vers 1630, dessin à la pierre noire, lavis de bistre brun et jaune sur papier

Brush with brown and yellow bistre wash over black chalk lines on paper

873-2-3

Bequeathed by Jean Marie de Silguy in 1864

H. 9,1 cm - L. 21,7 cm

This work is part of a series of drawings used to teach Prince Gaston of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII, who had withdrawn to the Court of Lorraine between 1629 and 1631.  This is an « invented landscape », a mysterious hermitage built on a rocky outcrop which can be reached by a footbridge.  Callot cleverly plays on the contrast between the tones of the wash and the white paper.

 

Old Drawings

Hermitage on a rock

Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

circa 1630

Enlarge picture jpg 345Ko (See the caption hereafter) (modal window)
Jacques Callot "Paysage", vers 1630, dessin à la pierre noire, lavis de bistre brun et jaune sur papier

Brush with brown and yellow bistre wash over black chalk lines on paper

873-2-3

Bequeathed by Jean Marie de Silguy in 1864

H. 9,1 cm - L. 21,7 cm

This work is part of a series of drawings used to teach Prince Gaston of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII, who had withdrawn to the Court of Lorraine between 1629 and 1631.  This is an « invented landscape », a mysterious hermitage built on a rocky outcrop which can be reached by a footbridge.  Callot cleverly plays on the contrast between the tones of the wash and the white paper.

 

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