'Les Gueux' or 'Les Mendiants'. Les Deux Pèlerins (The Two Pilgrims) / Jacques Callot
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- Accession Number
- 1949/1.146
- Title
- 'Les Gueux' or 'Les Mendiants'. Les Deux Pèlerins (The Two Pilgrims)
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1592/3-1635
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1622-1628
- Object Creation Place
- Europe
- French
- Creation Place 1
- Europe
- Creation Place 2
- French
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Inscription
- Signed, on plate, l.l.: Callot fé
- Dimensions
- 14.6 cm x 8.9 cm (5 3/4 in. x 3 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- caricature
- Physical Description
- Two rough figures dominate the composition with a lightly etched landscape behind them. Both figures hold a staff and each is dressed in ragged clothes. In addition, the scallop shell, indicating that they are pilgrims to the shrine of St. James the Greater at Santiago de Compostela, is visible on the brims of their hats, and on the left shoulder of the man standing to the right.
- Subject Matter
- Jacques Callot was an innovative and highly accomplished printmaker. Callot's style is both dramatic and elegant; here we see the monumental treatment of two peasant pilgrims or mendicants observed and drawn with great sensitivity.
- Secondary Keywords
- combination inorganic/organic animal material
- combination inorganic/organic material
- descriptors
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- farmers
- materials
- materials by composition
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by activity
- people by occupation
- people in agriculture
- people in agriculture or natural resource occupations
- people in science-related occupations
- religious figures
- scientists and people in science-related occupations
- shell and shell material
- tools and equipment
- walking sticks
- worshippers
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 583 x 961
- File Size
- 104 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.146
- Link to this Item
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"'Les Gueux' or 'Les Mendiants'. Les Deux Pèlerins (The Two Pilgrims); Jacques Callot." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.146/1949_1.146.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
