Jacques Callot
La Grande Chasse (The Stag Hunt or The Great Hunt)

ArtistFrench, 1592–1635
CultureFrench
Titles
  • La Grande Chasse (The Stag Hunt or The Great Hunt)
Date1619–1620
PlaceFrance
MediumEtching on laid paper, state I/IV
DimensionsPlate: 7 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (19.7 × 46.7 cm)
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 18 3/8 in. (20 × 46.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Fayez Sarofim at "One Great Night in November, 1991"
Object number91.1566
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 11—November 27, 2011.

"Princes & Paupers: The Art of Jacques Callot," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 31—May 12, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On mount: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: FRAME
Recto: Signed in printed ink, in plate, left bottom edge: Jac Callot In. et Fe
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Catalogue raisonnéLieure 353

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