Obitus Beatæ Mariæ (L'Ensevelissement de la Sainte Vierge ; The Entombment of the Virgin; The Burial of the Blessed Virgin), Plate 11 from the series Vita et historia beatæ Mariæ virginis matris Dei (La Vie de la Vierge ; The Life and History of the the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God)
Jacques Callot, French, 1592 - 1635
about 1634
Etching on laid paper
Sheet: 2 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (7 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.717
Publisher
Israël Henriet, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: Obitus Beatae [ae in ligature] Mariae [ae in ligature]; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Callot fecit.; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Israel excud.
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
Lieure 1368; Meaume 87
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