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Jacques Callot
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description
- Jacques Callot
- A view of a fortified city by a river, a man fishing from a boat in the foreground
- Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk;
bears old attribution in black chalk on the verso: Silvestre
Provenance
Denys Sutton, London,
thence by descent to the present owner
thence by descent to the present owner
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Condition
Hinged only at the top. Some light small stains at the top but not very visible. Tiny tear less than a centimeter on the right margin below centre. The ink is fresh the drawing is generally in good condition. From the verso little pieces of blue paper remaining at the edge from previous mount, not visible at all on the recto. Sold in a modern wooden and gilded frame
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This can be compared quite closely with a number of the very large group of landscape drawings by Callot contained in an album at Chatsworth. They are considered by Ternois to be works done by Callot late in his life, at Nancy, perhaps as exercises with his pupils, such as Gaston, Duc d'Orléans, the brother of Louis XIII, who, when exiled to Nancy in 1629-30, came to study drawing with Callot. Most of the drawings in the Chatsworth album were engraved after Callot's death by his followers.1
1. D. Ternois, Jacques Callot, Paris 1962, pp. 161-166, especially nos. 1278, 1281, 1284, 1297, 1314