Jacques Callot
The Siege of the Citadel of St-Martin, on the Île de Ré, 1627

The Siege of the Citadel of St-Martin, on the Île de Ré, 1627

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The Siege of the Citadel of St-Martin, on the Île de Ré, 1627
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Siege of the Citadel of St-Martin, on the Île de Ré, 1627
  • Le Siege de la Citadelle de St. Martin
Date1630–1631
Medium6 etchings and 10 border sheets (one image)
DimensionsFrame: 79 1/8 × 87 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (201 × 222.5 × 6.4 cm)
Sheet (.A): 8 3/4 × 24 7/8 in. (22.2 × 63.2 cm)
Sheet (.B): 8 3/4 × 17 15/16 in. (22.2 × 45.6 cm)
Sheet (.C): 8 3/4 × 25 1/4 in. (22.2 × 64.1 cm)
Sheet (.D): 8 3/4 × 24 1/4 in. (22.2 × 61.6 cm)
Sheet (.E): 8 3/4 × 18 in. (22.2 × 45.7 cm)
Sheet (.F): 8 3/4 × 25 in. (22.2 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet (.G): 25 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (64.8 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet (.H): 25 5/8 × 8 1/8 in. (65.1 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet (.I): 25 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (65.1 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet (.K-.P, each): 25 3/8 × 20 in. (64.5 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet (.J): 25 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (65.1 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.5.A-.P
Non exposé

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Provenance[Christopher Mendez, London]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, February 1 - April 26, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Border at LL: L'Assault Genéral des Anglais a la Citadelle (The Assault of the English General on the Citadel), from an etching on six plates of a central battle scene framed by ten additional plates, entitled Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré

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