The Fan
The Fan
The Fan
The Fan

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The Fan,

1619

Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
x1934-125
Illustrator of both the splendors of court and the horrors of war, Callot was one of the most innovative and influential printmakers of the seventeenth century. This etching derives from his Florentine period (1614–21), when he worked at the Medici court and documented many of the elaborate entertainments created for the Grand Duke Cosimo II. As described in the caption, the print records a staged battle between two Florentine guilds of textile workers that was held on the river Arno on July 25, 1619. The etching was intended to be pasted onto a fan as a souvenir for Cosimo’s guests.

Information

Title
The Fan
Dates

1619

Maker
Jacques Callot
Medium
Etching with engraving
Dimensions
22 x 30 cm. (8 11/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-125
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Florence

Place Depicted

Europe, Italy, Florence

Inscription
Inscription engraved in banderole near top of the fan: BATTAGLIA DEL RE TESSI E DEL RE TINTA / FESTA RAPRESENTATA IN FIRENZE / NEL FIUME D’ARNO IL DI XXV DI LVGLIO 1.6.1.9. Signed in plate, lower right of fan: Jacomo Callot fec.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Collector's mark and date in ink in plate, lower center: P. Mariette (Lugt 1789) 1667
Reference Numbers
Lieure 302; Meaume 617
Culture
French, European
Type
prints, engravings, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
Subject
carriages, horses, battles, dyers, weavers, men, buildings, figures (representations), towns, reenactments, women, rivers

Pierre II Mariette [1634-1716, Lugt 1789]. Junius S. Morgan [1867-1932]; bequeathed to Princeton University Art Museum, 1932.

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