16/16

About this artwork

Maria zit op een troon, het Christuskind staand op haar knieën, de Heilige Jakobus de Meerdere aan haar rechterzijde, de Heilige Hiëronymus met zijn leeuw aan haar linkerzijde. Deze prent is onderdeel van (de tweede staat van) een serie van 29 voorstellingen van schilderijen en sculpturen in kerken te Rome, genummerd 1-16 en 1-13. (De eerste staat van deze serie, waarin de prenten ongenummerd zijn, behelst ook een titelprent).

Art Historical Context

Jacques Callot's *16/16*, an exquisite engraving from 1608–1611, captures a sacred tableau: the Virgin Mary enthroned, with the Christ Child standing on her lap, flanked by Saint James Greater to her right and Jerome with his iconic lion to her left. Measuring just 85 × 112 mm, this print exemplifies the French artist's early mastery of fine detail in the Baroque era, rendering devotional figures with lifelike precision and emotional depth. Created during Callot's formative years in Italy, this work belongs to the second state of a rare series of 29 engravings (numbered 1–16 and 1–13) faithfu...

About the Artist

Jacques Callot · 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...