s2e26 History of Prints Jacques Callot (part two)

In s2e26, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their conversation about Jacques Callot, where there is always more than meets the eye. He's of interest for many reasons, including his practice of making faster-to-create etchings look like more-time-consuming engravings using his éschoppe. He is the first printmaker in Western art to record the atrocities of war. He heads up any list of artists in the history of prints using them to spread news far and wide about societal ills through visual means.

He created some 1,400 prints in his career (no paintings!) and made some of the most remarkable and smallest prints ever. This is the second half of the conversation. If you skipped Platemark s2e25, you might go back and listen to it before starting this one.

Episode image: Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Frontispiece from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Series of 24 etchings. Sheet (each, trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Dorotheum.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Cap. Cerimonia – Sig. Lauvinia from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Cap. Cardoni – Maramao from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Smaraolo cornuto – Rarsa di Boio from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Taglia Cantoni – Fracasso from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Sig. Lucia – Trastullo from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Razullo – Cucurucu from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Frontispiece from Balli di Sfessania, c. 1622. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Francisco Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828). Plate 58 from Los Caprichos : Swallow it, dog (Tragala perro), 1799. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Plate: 8 7/16 × 5 15/16 in. (21.5 × 15.1 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.5 x 20.9 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660). Las Meninas, 1656. Oil on canvas. 10’ 5” x 9’ 5” in. Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Frontispiece from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Beggar with Crutches and Pouch from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet: 5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (14.2 x 9 cm.); plate: 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Old Woman with Cats from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Sickly Man from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 5 7/16 x 3 1/2 in. (13.8 x 8.9 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Beggar with Rosary from the series The Beggars, c. 1623. Etching. Sheet: 5 9/16 x 3 9/16 in. (14.2 x 9 cm.); plate: 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Rembrandt (Dutch, 1606–1669). Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House, 1648. Etching, engraving, and drypoint. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.5 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Frontispiece from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 1/2 x 8 9/16 in. (11.5 x 21.7 cm.); plate: 3 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (9 x 19.1 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate two: The Enlistment of Troops from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 3/8 in. (10.6 x 21.2 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate three: The Battle from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 3/8 in. (10.6 x 21.2 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate four: Pilfering from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (7.5 x 18.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate five : The Looting of a Farm from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 1/4 in. (10.6 x 21 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate six: Devastation of a Monastery from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (10.5 x 21 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (8.2 x 18.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate seven: A town being sacked with church in background from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet (trimmed near platemark): 2 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (7.5 x 18.7 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate eight: The Attack of the Stagecoach from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (10.5 x 21 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (8.2 x 18.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate nine: The Discovery of the Criminals from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (10.5 x 21 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (8.2 x 18.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate ten: The Strappado from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 3/16 x 8 7/16 in. (10.7 x 21.5 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 9/16 in. (8.2 x 19.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate eleven: The Hanging from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (10.5 x 21 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (8.2 x 18.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate twelve: The Firing Squad from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 4 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (11.1 x 21.3 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (8.2 x 18.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate thirteen: The Pyre from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate fourteen: Execution on the Wheel from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate fifteen: The Hospital from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate sixteen: The Beggars and the Dying from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate seventeen: Peasants’ Revenge from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Plate eighteen: Distribution of Recompense from the series The Large Miseries and Misfortunes of War, 1633. Etching. Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 3/4 in. (9.2 x 19.7 cm.); plate: 3 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. (8.2 x 18.8 cm.). Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland.

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640). The Consequences of War, 1637–38. Oil on canvas mounted to panel. 206 x 342 cm. (81 x 134 ½ in.). Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

Diego Velasquez (Spanish, 1599–1660). Surrender of Breda, 1634–35. Oil on canvas. 307 x 367 cm. (121 x 144 in.) Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Little Miseries of War, 1636. Set of seven etchings. Sheet (each): 2 5/16 x 4 5/8 in. (5.9 x 11.8 cm); plate: 2 3/16 x 4 9/16 in. (5.6 x 11.6 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). The Dream and Lie of Franco I and II, 1937. Two etchings with lift ground aquatint. Plate (each): 12 7/16 x 16 9/16 in. (31.6 x 42.1 cm.); sheet (each): 15 3/16 x 22 1/2 in. (38.6 x 57.2 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973). Guernica, 1937. Oil on canvas. 11 ft. 6 in. x 25 ft. 6 in. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid.  

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1435/50–1491). Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, c. 1470–75. Engraving. Sheet: 30 x 21.8 cm (11 13/16 x 8 9/16 in). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Pieter van der Heyden (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569) after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Netherlandish, 1526/30–1569). Temptation of St. Anthony, 1556. Engraving. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 10 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (26.2 x 33.9 cm). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

[DETAIL] Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

[DETAIL] Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

[DETAIL] Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

[DETAIL] Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

[DETAIL] Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1635. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 35.6 x 46.6 cm. (14 1/19 x 18 3/8 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1617. Etching. Sheet (trimmed to platemark): 37 x 49.3 cm. (14 9/16 x 19 7/16 in.). Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton.

Sandow Birk (American, born 1962). The Depravities of War, 2006–07. Series of 15 woodcuts. Each : 48 x 96 in. Hui Press, Makawao, Hawaii.

Abraham Bosse (French, 1602/04–1676). Portrait of Jacques Callot, c. 1636. Etching with engraving. Sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 in. (26 x 15.3 cm.); plate: 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (24.8 x 14 cm.). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Tru Ludwig (American, born 1959). TapHistory (Repeated), 2005. 4-plate etching. 29 ½ x 76 ½. The Purple Crayon Press, Baltimore.

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