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 Bat...
