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Title
The demon tilter (Callot) ; Uneasy riding (Callot)
Names
Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Witchcraft

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1865
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC WITC
Topics
Spears
Supernatural beings
Demons
Witchcraft
Genres
Reproductive prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "One of Callot's demons is represented in our cut no. 160. Many of them are mounted on nondescript animals, of the most extraordinary demoniacal character, and such is the case of the demon in our cut, who is running a tilt at the saint with his tilting spear in his hand, and, to make more sure, his eye well furnished with a pair of spectacles. In our next cut, no. 161, we give a second example of the figures in Callot's peculiar . . ."
Source note: A history of caricature & grotesque in literature and art : with illustrations from various sources, drawn and engraved. Virtue Brothers, 1865) Wright, Thomas (1810-1877), Author. Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William) (1814-1866), Engraver.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 15 x 12 cm (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Injured folded line on image.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17517412
Barcode: 33333159483938
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67b22f70-c565-012f-ab24-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1592: Creator Born
  • 1635: Creator Died
  • 1865: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The demon tilter (Callot) ; Uneasy riding (Callot)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1865. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0db0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The demon tilter (Callot) ; Uneasy riding (Callot)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0db0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1865). The demon tilter (Callot) ; Uneasy riding (Callot) Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-0db0-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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The demon tilter (Callot) ; Uneasy riding (Callot)