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L'Eventail (The Fan)

1619
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690
Commissioned by Cosimo II de’ Medici, this print is one of the earliest surviving fan designs signed by a renowned artist. It commemorates an elaborate celebration for the feast day of Saint James in Florence. Issued in an edition of five hundred, the fan, when cut out and mounted, included text on the reverse to explain the day’s events, which featured a mock naval battle visible in this scene. One of the spectators seated on the curving form of the Baroque frame at right holds aloft an example of the mounted fan.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    L'Eventail (The Fan)
  • Artist:
    Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
  • Date:
    1619
  • Medium:
    Etching and engraving; second state of two
  • Classification:
    Prints
  • Credit Line:
    The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1961
  • Object Number:
    61.546.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Le Paysan Portant son Sac (The Peasant Carrying his Sack), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set
Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
1617–20
Saint Amond, St. Nicholas, or St. Séverin
Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
ca. 1625
Le Paysan Assailli par les Abeilles (The Peasant Attacked by Bees), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set
Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
1617–20
L'Homme Vu de Dos, La Main Droite Tendue (Man Viewed from Behind, Right Hand Extended), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set
Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
1617–20
La Dame au Vêtement Ample (The Woman with Ample Clothing), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set
Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
1617–20

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