Original Engravings of a Cavalier and a Nobleman by Jacques Callot 1592-1635. Numbered 32 and 33

2 fine engravings by Jacques Callot. Both are inscribed in pencil by a later collector. They are framed in a simple brown wood moulding from the 1950's. On the reverse is the price paid in 1955 from a gallery in London. The condition is commensurate with the age of the works with some light foxing and a little dark staining to one of the images. The paper displays chain marks which can be seen from the reverse of the images. Jacques Callot was a 16th and 17th century French printmaker best known for his highly detailed etchings. His works chronicled his life and included soldiers, biblical stories, hunting, drunken tavern scenes, beggars, and the aristocratic courts of the time. Born in 1592 in Nancy, France to a noble family, the artist went on to apprentice with a goldsmith, study engraving in Rome, and finally learn etching in Florence under the artist Antonio Tempesta. After the death of his patron Cosimo Il de’Medici in Florence, Callot returned to Nancy. His works would later influence both Rembrandt van Rijn and Francisco de Goya in their own practices, who were particularly influenced by his lively linework and use of dramatic lighting. Today, his oeuvre can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, and the Louvre Museum in Paris, among others. Callot died on March 14, 1635 in Nancy, France.