Lot 140
140
No Description (2)

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No Description (2)
Provenance
An unidentified French or Flemish collector's mark (L. 2059), his mount and attribution 'J. Callot' (recto) and inscriptions 'St. et Martir/au crayon noir.', 'cc.' and 'No. 11.' (verso)
Lord Delamare
Professor J. Isaacs; Christie's, 10 July 1973, lot 127
Literature
D. Ternois, Jacques Callot, Catalogue complet de son oeuvre dessiné, Paris, 1961, nos. 757 and 774, both illustrated
Engraved
Etched in reverse by the artist (Lieure 692 and 574)

Lot Essay

Christ among the Doctors is the only known study for a print in the Mystery of the Passion series. Ternois dates this series to the start of Callot's Lorraine period, and the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence to before 1630.

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