Large collection of copies after Callot.

7 boxes with ca. 650 etchings, various sizes and conditions.

Most under passe-partout, some in sm. albums.

Impressive collection of about 650 copies after Jacques Callot (1592-1635), ranging from contemporary copies to 19th-c. impressions. Many unrecorded and rare copies in Lieure and of great value for the study of Callot-prints and their afterlife. Collected in 7 professional boxes with a.o. the following content: 1. The Martyrdom of St. Sébastien, Varie Figure, La grande Passion (ca. 110 pcs).-- 2. Les Gobbi, Les Gueux (ca. 120 pcs).-- 3. Le marché des esclaves, L'éventail, La chasse, Balli di Sfessania (ca. 70 pcs).-- 4. La petite passion, La noblesse de Lorraine, La foire de Gondeville, Le parterre du Palais de Nancy, L' histoire de la Vierge (120 pcs).-- 5. Les grands apôtres (ca. 70 pcs).-- 6. Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre (ca. 60 pcs).-- 7. Les Misères de la guerre, 22 drawings after les gueux (ca. 100 pcs).
Ref. Lieure 173-1413 (copies).