Jesus avec les Pharisiens (from Le Nouveau Testament) [Jesus with the Pharisees (from the New Testament)]

Artist Jacques Callot French, 1592 - 1635

Datefirst published 1635

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (6 x 8.3 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 18 5/8 x 3/4 in. (36.5 x 47.3 x 1.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1984.5

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SignedSigned in the plate, lower edge, left of center, "Callot" in upper and lower case printing. Same signature style as seen on 1984.4

DescriptionSee also 1984.4. Christ stands beneath a tree on the left, speaking with the Pharisees. At the right there is a wheat field and figures with halos (described elsewhere as the Disciples), appear in the midst of it while others at the foreground edge of the field may be cutting wheat.

Framed in modern, narrow, black painted wood with cream mat and matches 1984.4.

See also 2008.20.17Provenancebefore 1680, London, England, Sir Peter Lely
Baltimore, MD, Frank Lyons (dealer)
1984, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust

Sir Peter Lely, English, b. Germany, 1618-1680, was appointed Principal Painter in Ordinary to the court of Charles II in 1661. This was the position that Van Dyck held before him and that Geoffrey Kneller would hold after him. He had a large personal art collection that was dispersed at his death