Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

Jacques Callot (1592-1635) - La Noblesse, Elegant woman holding a fan / Description: Standing woman, elegantly dressed, with hands at waist level holding a fan; figures and small town in the background.La Noblesse is a series of twelve etchings showing the constumes of lords and ladies of Lorraine from the time of callot. Bouchot wrote that callot and his friends parade. M. Bruaert wrote 'of the family of Callot' and Lieure confirms it is almost certain that Callot included himself, his wife, his older brother and his sister in the series. / Dimensions: 14,10 x 9,10 cm Good early impression on fine laid paper with full plate border and good margins.Flattened middle fold. Remains of two hinges on the backside. Slightly soiled, mainly in the margins. / Literature: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XIX.104.35) --- Bellini 2012 / L'opera incisa di Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (D.1) New Hollstein Dutch 151 first state Etching