Circle of Jacques Callot

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Circle of Jacques Callot
1592-1635
Farm Buildings at the Edge of a Stream Crossed by a Drawbridge in the Distance
ca. 1630-40
Pen and brown ink, over crayon, on paper.
4 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches (103 x 250 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Fellows.
1957.3
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Accepting this sheet as by Callot only with serious reservations, Ternois grouped it with two others sold through Colnaghi in 1954 (nos. 1318, 1319). These three drawings are by the same hand and distinguished by their extended horizontal format. The sheet which was the basis for an engraving (no 1318; M. 1147) was tentatively attributed by James Byam Shaw to Israel Silvestre, although Ternois noted Callot or Israel Henriet may be the author of all three. Research by Antony Griffiths and Hugo Chapman into the Chatsworth Callot album and Israel Henriet's role in publishing prints after Callot has identified a similar group of horizontal format pen-and-ink landscapes as from the circle of Callot. These sheets were included among Callot's studio contents and some were later used by Henriet as the basis for prints which he ascribed to Callot. Likewise, the present sheet was seemingly among Callot's studio contents inherited by Silvestre and passed down bearing an association with Callot, though most likely it was executed by someone in his circle.

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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over 4 and letters "WR", (Strasbourg lily), (cf. Briquet 7210-12; Heawood 1721-24).

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Inherited from the artist by Israel Silvestre (1621-1691); by descent to his son-in-law Nicolas Petit de Loigny (Logny); sold to the print dealer Jacques Fagnani, Paris; 2nd Duke of Devonshire (1672-1729), Chatsworth; acquired from Walter Schatzki (1899-1983), New York (as Callot?).
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Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Adams, Frederick B., Jr. Eighth Annual Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958, p. 71-72.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 135.
Ternois, Daniel. Jacques Callot: oeuvre complet de son oeuvre dessine, no. 1320.
Griffiths, Antony and Hugo Chapman. Israel Henriet, the Chatsworth Album and the Publication of the Work of Jacques Callot. Print Quarterly, September 2013, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 273-93.

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