Jacques CallotFrancia, 1592–1635De bekering van Paulus
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- Fonte
- Il museo
Sull’opera
Con le parole del museo — in olandese
Paulus valt van zijn paard als Christus in een groot licht aan de hemel verschijnt. Deze prent is onderdeel van (de tweede staat van) een serie van 29 voorstellingen van schilderijen en sculpturen in kerken te Rome, genummerd 1-16 en 1-13. (De eerste staat van deze serie, waarin de prenten ongenummerd zijn, behelst ook een titelprent).
Rijksmuseum
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- RP-P-OB-4871
Che cosa raffigura
In catalogo
Fonti
- Rijksmuseum
- Immagine: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Jacques Callot
Tutta la vita1608
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 · Luogo di lavoro
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1608–1611 · Luogo di lavoro
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 · Luogo di lavoro
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.
