Circle of Jacques Callot

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Circle of Jacques Callot
1592-1635
Landscape with a Church at the Foot of a Hill
Pen and brown ink on paper.
5 1/16 x 7 5/16 inches (128 x 186 mm)
Gift of Peter Josten.
1961.4
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Executed in the manner of Callot, this slight but delicate sketch depicting a church nestled in a valley is on fine paper the size and format of a sketchbook page. It bears remnants of red ink around the perimeter, perhaps traces from an earlier mount.

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Frederick G. Schab, New York; Peter Josten (1922-2019), Griggstown, NJ.
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Josten, Peter W., 1922-2019, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 135.
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Eleventh Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1961, p. 82.

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