Dédicace à Laurent de Médicis (Dedication to Lorenzo de' Medici), from the series Capricci di varie figure (Les Caprices ; The Caprices series)
Jacques Callot, French, 1592 - 1635
about 1621
Etching on laid paper
Sheet: 2 5/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 8.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.20.6
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, center: [dedication in Italian] AII' Ill.mo [mo in superscript] et Ecc.mo [mo in superscript] Sig. PRINCIPE / DON LORENZO MEDICI. / Le Stampe Ecc.mo [mo in superscript] Sig.re [re in supersript] che io umilmente presento all / Ecc.za [za in superscript] Vra, sono, per cosi, i primi Fiori che io / ho colti nel campo del mio sterile ingegno. Accetti / benig.te [te in superscript] il dono o, per dir meglio, le primitie della mie fatiche, / dovute a lei per obligo di servitu; e se le pare il luogo / dove nati sono, atto a produrre qualche frutto di / virtuosa operatione, si degni con i raggi della sua gra / di fecondarlo che quanto mi sapra porgere le sara / de me rever.te [te in superscript] consecrato, Bacio umil.te [te in superscript] a V.E. la Veste, / e le prego da Dio il colmo d'ogni felicita. / Di V.Ecc.za [za in superscript] / Humil.mo [mo in superscript] e Devot.mo [mo in superscript] Servo / Iacopo Callot
Exhibition History
The Theater of Jacques Callot, Paul Creative Arts Center, University Art Galleries, The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, October 28-December 11, 1986.
Provenance
Probably from the collection of Gustav Parthey (1798-1872), Berlin; Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
Lieure 429; Meaume 771
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