About the Artwork
Le petit enfant Jesus
early 17th century
Jacques Callot
1592-1635
French
Unknown
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 inches (6 × 4.8 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund
34.197
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed in plate, lower right of image: I. Callot
Inscribed in pencil, verso: M. 3 | L. 291 II | C - 22254 Lower left corner verso: C9826
Provenance
1934-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Jacques Callot, Le petit enfant Jesus, early 17th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 34.197.
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