La Fiore de Gondreville pièce appelée aussi La Fête du Village, La Petite Foire, Le Bal Champêtre, Le Jeu de Boules (The Fair at Gondreville also called The Village Festival, The Little Fair, The Country Dance, The Game of Bowls)
Medium
Etching; third state of four (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (20.6 x 35.3 cm) Plate: 7 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. (19 x 33.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry Walters, 1917
Accession Number
17.37.210
Art Historical Context
Step into the bustling energy of 17th-century rural France with *La Fiore de Gondreville*, also known as *The Village Festival*, *The Little Fair*, *The Country Dance*, or *The Game of Bowls*. Created by master printmaker Jacques Callot around 1624–25, with involvement from Israel Silvestre, this etching captures a lively fair in the village of Gondreville, alive with dancers, vendors, and players at boules. Callot, a pioneering Baroque artist from Lorraine, excelled at depicting crowded genre scenes, blending festive joy with sharp social observation during the reign of Louis XIII. Rendered ...
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Israel Silvestre · 1592–1635
Jacques Callot (1592–1635) was a French printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine, widely regarded as one of the first great artists to practice the graphic arts exclusively. His more than 1,400 etchings chronicled the breadth of 17th-century life, from Medici court festivities to the brutal realities of warfare. Callot revolutionized etching through technical innovations including the é...