Les Martyrs du Japon (Martyrs of Japan), from the series Le Combat à la Barrière (Combat at the Barrier)
Jacques Callot, French, 1592 - 1635
about 1627; published after 1661
Etching on paper
Plate: 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.5 cm)
Sheet: 6 13/16 × 4 3/4 in. (17.3 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.955.15
Publisher
Israel Silvestre, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, within image, lower left: I. Silvestre ex. / Callot fec. cum priuil. Regis.; inscribed, in plate, lower center margin: Le Pourtraict des premier 23 Martire mis en Croix par la predicaon. de la S. foy au Giappon / soubs l'Empe. Taicosam en la Cité de Mongasachi, de lordre des freres mineurs Obseruantin de S. François.
Exhibition History
Death and Dying: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 55, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 26, 1995.
Provenance
The Book & Print Shop, Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1955.
Catalogue Raisonne
Lieure 594; Meaume 155
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