The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mermaids and tritons playing musical instruments in the water below; at lower left, the Golden Fleece hangs in a tree above a recumbent dragon; at lower right, a winged figure of Fame plays two trumpets from a rocky outcrop, from "Le Combat a la Barrière"

1627
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  • Title: The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mermaids and tritons playing musical instruments in the water below; at lower left, the Golden Fleece hangs in a tree above a recumbent dragon; at lower right, a winged figure of Fame plays two trumpets from a rocky outcrop, from "Le Combat a la Barrière"
  • Series/Portfolio: Le Combat a la Barrière
  • Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
  • Date: 1627
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (15.6 x 24.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
  • Object Number: 2012.136.254
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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