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7 etchings, from Variae tum Passionis Christi tum vitae beatae Mariae Virginis (The Mysteries of the Passion, also called the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus, and the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus and of the Virgin). The Visitation, Circumcision of Chris
After JACQUES CALLOT [1592-1635] French Painter and Etcher.

Etchings

From a series of twenty small oval and round scenes from the life of Christ and the life of Virgin, at first engraved on three plates in 1631. People would cut out a small scene and wear it as a brooch protecting its bearer from the plague. From B.M. site In the Annunciation print, the window under the arch is circular whereas in the Callot original it is rectangular.

Etchings

From a series of twenty small oval and round scenes from the life of Christ and the life of Virgin, at first engraved on three plates in 1631. People would cut out a small scene and wear it as a brooch protecting its bearer from the plague. From B.M. site In the Annunciation print, the window under the arch is circular whereas in the Callot original it is rectangular.

Binding trimmed and pasted onto backing sheet,
Publication ca. 1631 Each approx 49 x 36mm. Provenance. Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler 1770-1846] Diplomat Lugt 2529, Kuferstichkabinett Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin Lugt 1606, and the museum's duplicate stamp Lugt 2398. Lady Helen Marks.
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  • Product Code: RGW21633
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