Jacques Callot, French Book by Paulette Choné, 1992

Jacques Callot 1592 – 1635, French book by Paulette Choné, 1992.
This important book was published on the occasion of the Jacques Callot exhibition presented at the Lorraine Historical Museum, in Nancy, from June 13 to September 14, 1992.
For the fourth centenary of the birth of Jacques Callot, his native town paid homage to him. The exhibition at the Lorraine Historical Museum was a great first in terms of size and appeal.
The famous engraver was also one of the greatest draftsmen of the seventeenth century. Among his most famous artworks, we can cite, the Caprices and the Fair of Impruneta, the Temptation of Saint Anthony, and the characters from the Commedia Dell’Arte, the Bohemians, and the Miseries of War.
The confrontation of hundreds of prints with two hundred and fifty sketches, less known to the public, lent by museums in Europe and America, reveals the diversity of this master of comedy and tragedy.
This catalog was edited for a major international exhibition of Callot’s graphic production, with seventeen essays by as many authors, including Maxime Préaud, Jean-Marc Dupluvrez, Pierre Béhar, Alain Larcan, and Paulette Choné. Some 500 prints and 200 drawings are presented, arranged by topic and chronologically.
This is a beautiful coffee table art book.
About the author:
Paulette Choné (born in Briey in 1948) studied philosophy and history at the University of Nancy (1965-1969), where she was a student of Raymond Ruyer and René Taveneaux. She obtained the CAPES in philosophy and taught this discipline at the Teacher Training College of Montigny-Les-Metz, then Maxéville. A resident of the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici) from 1980 to 1982, she was elected lecturer in the history of modern art (1989) and then professor (1998-2010) at the University of Dijon.
Her teaching and research focus on European artistic and intellectual life in the 16th and 17th centuries, particularly in Lorraine.
Features:
Title: Jacques Callot 1592-1635
Author: Paulette Choné.
Hardcover book with dust jacket.
Language: French.
Numerous sepia and black and white illustrations.
559 pages.
Dimensions: 9.44 in x 12.44 in.(24 x 31.5 cm).
Published in 1992 by Reunion des Musés Nationaux, Paris.