The Great Rock
The Great Rock

Currently not on view

The Great Rock,

1623–25

Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
x1934-228

Information

Title
The Great Rock
Dates

1623–25

Maker
Jacques Callot
Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 20 × 28.2 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888

Object Number
x1934-228
Place Made

Europe, France, Nancy

Inscription

Captioned in banderole in plate, upper center: NEC IMBELLEM FEROCES PROGENERANT AQVILAE COLOMBAM

Marks/Labels/Seals

Numbered in graphite, lower left: 180

Collector mark in ink below plate, lower right: P. Mariette (Lugt 1789)

Reference Numbers
Lieure 512; Meaume 616
Culture
European, French
Type
prints, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
banderoles, text, figures (representations), birds, oceans, ships

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