FJK 016

Callot Jacques (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)

The Raising of Lazarus

Date unknown
2 33/64 × 1 31/32 in. (64 × 50 mm)

Medium
Black chalk on pink preparation with traces of pen
Composition inscribed in oval outline

Collector’s mark “J. Richardson Junior” bottom right (Lugt 2170)

Origin

Jonathan Richardson Junior Collection, London (1694-1771)
Lord Mark Kerr Collection, Royal Navy Officer (1776-1840)
Letitia Louisa Kerr Collection (by descent)
Sale, Christie’s, London, April 16, 1991, no. 104
Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco, JK 5092
Jan Krugier Foundation

Bibliography

DÜCKERS Alexander, Linie, Licht und Schatten, Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 396, ill.

RYLANDS Philip, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, Berlin: G & H Verlag, 1999, Catalogue raisonné, p. 397, ill.

TERNOIS Daniel, Jacques Callot. Catalogue de son œuvre dessiné. Supplément (1962-1998), Paris: F. de Nobele, Paris, 1999, pp. 37, 92, no.  S. 1495, ill. p. 75 (under esquisse pourLes Images de tous les saints).

Notes

Notes (1)

Will be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the drawings by Jacques Callot in preparation under the direction of Daniel Ternois.

 

Notes (2)

In reverse by Israël Henriet, plate 29 of Les Images des Saints (J. Lieure, Jacques Callot, Paris, 1927, [III], no 923, p. 47, no. 923).

LesImages des Saints is the last series of engravings by Callot, issued after his death in 1636. Ternois lists other preparatory drawings for the series in the British Museum, Hermitage and the Louvre, D. Ternois, Jacques Callot Catalogue Complet de son Oeuvre Dessiné, Paris, 1961, nos. 1035-45.

Christies, Old Master Drawings, London April 1999

Request for information/loan

The Jan Krugier Foundation is devoted to increasing the impact of the collection of drawings through regular loans to major exhibitions. Loan applications should include a complete presentation of the project.