Three Plates Printed on One Sheet of Descriptive Text for "Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré" (Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré)

Sheet of descriptive text accompanying a series by Jacques Callot French

Publisher Chalcographie du Louvre French

1628–30

Not on view

The depiction of the Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré was commissioned by Louis XIII in 1628. The plates illustrate French victory at the command of Cardinal Richelieu.

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Title: Three Plates Printed on One Sheet of Descriptive Text for "Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré" (Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré)
Series/Portfolio: Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans L'Ile de Ré
Artist: Sheet of descriptive text accompanying a series by Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
Publisher: Chalcographie du Louvre
Date: 1628–30
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 27 3/16 x 20 11/16 in. (69 x 52.5 cm)
Top Plate: 7 11/16 x 17 15/16 in. (19.5 x 45.5 cm)
Middle Plate: 7 5/8 x 18 3/8 in. (19.4 x 46.7 cm)
Bottom Plate: 7 3/4 x 17 5/16 in. (19.7 x 44 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Object Number: 57.650.604
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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