Art Institute of Chicago
The Fair at Impruneta
Jacques CallotLinkedCulture matchlcp-950e643cf577
- Date
- 1622
- Medium
- Etching on two sheets of ivory laid paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 101514
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Callot packed 1138 people, 45 horses, 67 donkeys, and 137 dogs into this huge plate. For this etching he devised a slanted, cylindrical steel tool that he could wield to achieve a swelling line akin to that of engraving but without the effort. His development of repeated acid baths to etch some lines more deeply than others to achieve the persuasive recession and atmospheric effects for which this print is famous.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley Johnson in honor of Harold Joachim
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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