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Maker(s):Callot, Jacques
Culture:French (1592-1635)
Title:Les Martyrs du Japon (The Martyrs of Japan)
Date Made:ca. 1627
Type:Print
Materials:Etching
Place Made:Europe; France; Lorraine; Nancy
Measurements:Mat: 18 in x 14 in; 45.7 cm x 35.6 cm; Sheet: 6 11/16 in x 4 9/16 in; 17 cm x 11.6 cm; Image: 6 9/16 in x 4 7/16 in; 16.7 cm x 11.3 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. l. cor. (in plate): Callo fec. ; TITLE/CAPTION: recto, lwr. edge (in plate): Le Pourtraict des premier 23 Martire mis en Croix par la predicaon. de las foy au Giappon / soubs l'Empe. Tiacosam en la Cite de Mongaschi, de lordre des freres mineurs Obsevantin de S. Francois. ; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. l. cor. (pencil): 2 a l (?) ; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. l. cor. (pencil): 62 ; INSCRIPTION: verso, upp. l . cor. (pencil): 5/8
Accession Number:  MH 2012.31.1
Credit Line:Purchase with the John Martyn Warbeke Art Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Twenty-three men in Franciscan habits being crucified, arranged in two rows of eleven crosses receding into the background with one cross in the foreground between the two rows. Beneath the crosses, soldiers stand about, some piercing the sides of the crucified men with lances. A soldier on horseback in the lower left corner and three soldiers sitting in the foreground in the lower right corner. In the sky, emerging from clouds, are putti holding palms and wreaths of martyrdom. In the top center, St. John the Baptist sits on a cloud as if directing the putti.

Tags:
architecture; buildings; ancient; columns; ruins; temples; people; international

Subjects:
Architecture; Buildings; Civilization, Ancient; Columns; Etching; Human beings; Ruins; Temples

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