Jacques CallotFrench, 1592–1635The Fair at Impruneta
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Where is “The Fair at Impruneta” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
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About the work
The annual fair held in Impruneta, a commune in Florence, Italy, was an opportunity for rural and urban communities to comingle and partake in commerce, socializing, and festivity. Jacques Callot filled the panorama with 1,138 people, 45 horses, 67 donkeys, and 137 dogs. Prominent in the left foreground is a vendor of tableware patronized by a mix of social classes, selling footed tazzas (shallow cups mounted on stems) and goblets. Pick-pocketing, fighting, snake-charming, and the punishment of a criminal by torture also occur. Callot dedicated this print to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, for whom the fair signified a healthy Florentine economy.
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- 1962.20
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In the life of Jacques Callot
The whole life1611–1621 · Workplace
Florence
1614–1621
At the court of Cosimo II de’ Medici
Under Parigi’s direction Callot works at the court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo II de’ Medici in the Uffizi, designing festivals and theatrical performances — later these give him themes for his series of grotesque prints; during his Florentine years he becomes an independent master and often works for the Medici.
1621
Returns to Nancy after the death of Cosimo II
After the death of Grand Duke Cosimo II de’ Medici, Callot responds to Duke Charles IV of Lorraine’s wish to see him at his court and returns to Lorraine, where he is received with flattering honours; staying in Nancy, he sends his prints all over Europe, and Rembrandt becomes a keen collector of them.
1621–1635 · Workplace
Nancy
