Live Auction 1139Old Master Prints
Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Lot 62

Jacques Callot (1592-1635)

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (L. 670)

Closed3 December 2013

Estimate

GBP 5,000–7,000

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Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (L. 670)
the original copper printing plate, etched and engraved, 1631-33, within a blue paper folder with an impression of the print on the front, the paper folder and print with some inscriptions, handling marks and inky fingerprints, all generally in good condition
P. 163 x 332 mm.

Specialist note

It is very rare to find original printing plates of important subjects by the great printmakers of the past, such as Jacques Callot's Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Copper was too valuable to remain unused once the plate was no longer printed from. The present plate however has survived beautifully, complete with the paper folder in which the last printer to own the plate kept it.