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Two Boys Copying Callot Prints,
17th century
French
y1953-80
In traditional art instruction, students’ first drawing assignments consisted of copying a master’s prints or drawings, often into bound notebooks. These model books later served as reservoirs of motifs for future use. Here, boys copy satirical prints by Jacques Callot, a printmaker admired for his ability to convey space and volume by manipulating the fine, fluid line of the etching medium. By imitating the master, the students built the foundation for their own inventions.
Information
Title
Two Boys Copying Callot Prints
Dates
17th century
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53.7 × 56 cm (21 1/8 × 22 1/16 in.)
frame: 80 × 82.6 × 11.1 cm (31 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund, and Exchange
Object Number
y1953-80
Place Made
Europe, France
Culture
Type
Subject
Harry B. Yotnakparian, New York (1953; sold to Princeton University Art Museum).
- "Acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 13, no. 2, (1954): p. 62-63., p. 63
- Alan M. Fern, "The print as subject", Annual - The Baltimore Museum of Art 4 (1972): p. 98-105., p. 104, fig. 11; p. 105
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Pierre Rosenberg and John Pope-Hennessy, La peinture française du XVIIe siècle dans les collections américaines (Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1982)
, p. 377, no. 10 - Kee Il Choi, Jr., "Learning to Draw: The Éducation Visuelle of Alois Ko and Étienne Yang," Master Drawings 62, no. 4 (Winter 2024), pp. 515-531., illus., p. 515 (fig. 1).
