Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux" / Jacques Callot
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.383.2
- Title
- Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"
- Artist
- Jacques Callot
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Medium and Support
- etching on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1621
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ruth W. and Clarence J. Boldt, Jr.
- Dimensions
- 27.94 cm x 22.23 cm (11 in. x 8 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- caricature
- Physical Description
- The single figure of a beggar dominates the composition. Dressed in rags and leaning on a staff, the figure faces the viewer and is shown walking with only slight indication of setting, principally the man's shadows.
- Two punctures approximately 4cm apart at the upper center. Paper size: h 21 2/5cm x w 15 1/10cm. Plate size: lh 13 7/10cm & rh 13 2/5cm x tw 8 3/5cm & bw 8 7/10cm.
- 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 a beggar observed and drawn with great sensitivity.
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2240 x 3584
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.383.2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.383.2/2008_2_383_2.jpg
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"Fat Man with Eyes Closed, from "Beggar Series" or "Les Gueux"; Jacques Callot." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.383.2/2008_2_383_2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.