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Le passage de la mer rouge
1629
Jacques Callot (Artist) French, 1592-1635 Israël Henriet (Publisher) French, ca. 1590-1661
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (12.4 × 23.2 cm)
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Bequest of Hal H. Smith
45.210
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed in plate, lower right of image: Callot. f.
Inscribed in plate, below image: Tabulam Hanc AEream Proprio et Exquisito Marte Incisam Iacobus Calottus Nobilis Lotharingus Dono Dedit Israeli Henrichetto Opus | Perfectissimum Amicorum Optimo et Sincerissimo. In plate, lower right: Israel exc. 1629 Parisys In pencil, verso: A43284 | C4261 | C9539
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1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jacques Callot, Le passage de la mer rouge, 1629, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.210.
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