Jacques CallotFrench, 1592–1635Christus tussen de graanwegers
Can I see it?
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Where is “Christus tussen de graanwegers” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
Christus staat op een straat bij twee mannen die hoeveelheden graan aan het afpassen zijn. Om hen heen zijn dragers en handelaren druk in de weer. Onder de voorstelling twee regels Latijnse tekst.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-4703
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Jacques Callot
The whole life1608
Runs away from home to Rome
Secretly from his parents Jacques sets out on foot for Rome — according to legend, with wandering Romani; by one account he ran away twice and twice came back at his father’s demand, until his father finally consented to his studying in Italy.
1608 · Workplace
Nancy
1608–1611 · Workplace
Rome
1611
Studies etching with Tempesta in Florence
Having studied burin engraving in Rome with Philippe Thomassin, Callot moves to Florence, where he works with Antonio Tempesta, who teaches him the technique of line etching (by other accounts, he lived in Florence from 1612).
1611–1621 · Workplace
Florence
1612
Joins the workshop of Giulio Parigi
In Florence Callot also studies with the painter and engraver Remigio Cantagallina, and in 1612 joins the workshop of Giulio Parigi; he later often collaborates with both, coming under Parigi’s influence.
