Studies of two men in contemporary costume, one seated with a staff, the other standing, turned to the left

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Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Studies of two men in contemporary costume, one seated with a staff, the other standing, turned to the left
black and red chalk, black ink framing lines, watermark D & C[...]
3¼ x 4 3/8 in. (8.3 x 11 cm.)

Provenance

Possibly Paignon-Dijonval.
Thomas Dimsdale.
Lord Amherst; Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1921.
Sir Robert Witt, and by descent to
Sir John Witt (L. 646a); Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1987, lot 263.

Literature

A. Blunt, The French Drawings at Windsor Castle, London, 1945, p. 20, under no. 31.
D. Ternois, Jacques Callot: Catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris, 1961, no. 396.

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Please note that the literature reference to Ternois should refer to no. 397, not no. 396 as is stated in the catalogue.

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Descriptif du lot

Part of a series of drawings (Ternois, op. cit., figs. 251-301), mostly in the Uffizi, which were preparatory for Callot's print La Foire de Impruneta (1620; J. Lieure, Jacques Callot: Catalog of the Graphic Works, New York, 1969, V, no. 361; VI, fig. 361).

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