Jacques Callot
Le Siège de la Citadelle de Saint Martin, dans l'Ile de Ré (Lieure 654, cf. 656-659)
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Jacques Callot
Nancy circa 1592 - 1635 Nancy
Le Siège de la Citadelle de Saint Martin, dans l'Ile de Ré (Lieure 654, cf. 656-659)
etching printed from six plates, circa 1628-1630, very good though later impressions, the six plates the final states (of two or three), with the guiding letters; with the left and right sections of the lower horizontal border (lacking the middle section), the left section the second state (of three), with the number, the right section presumably the second state (of three), lacking the upper horizontal border plates; with three of the four plates of the lateral borders, the only states, lacking the lower section of the right lateral border, probably published by Fagnani, Paris, circa 1700, on laid paper with watermark House (L. 58)
each sheet (approx.) 25 by 19 in. 63.4 by 48.2 cm
With Marlborough Rare Books, 1984;
"The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow, Part Three", Christie's, New York, 20 June 2013, lot 445;
Where acquired by the present collector.
J. Lieure, Jacques Callot Catalogue de l’œuvre gravé, Paris 1921, vol. III, cat. nos. 654, cf. 656-659, other impressions illustrated.
The intact map with complete borders is extremely scarce.
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