Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)

Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)

Jacques Callot

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

According to the inscription on the second state of the print, the print is engraved after Matteo Rosselli. However, according to the "Jacques Callot" (Nancy 1992) exhibition catalogue, this print is based upon a painting by Jacopo da Empoli. The painting, now lost, is recorded in a drawing in the Uffizi (941 F) and in a small copy in the collection of Lord Engin at Broom Hall, England. Mariette also linked the plate with this copy.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)Le Mariage de Ferdinand 1er (The Marriage of Ferdinand I de'Medici), from "La Vie de Ferdinand Ier de Médicis série appelée aussi Les Batailles des Médicis" (The Life of Ferdinand I de'Medici also called The Medici Battles)

The Department’s vast collection of works on paper comprises approximately 21,000 drawings, 1.2 million prints, and 12,000 illustrated books created in Europe and the Americas from about 1400 to the present day. Since its foundation in 1916, the Department has been committed to collecting a wide range of works on paper, which includes both pieces that are incredibly rare and lauded for their aesthetic appeal, as well as material that is more popular, functional, and ephemeral. The broad scope of the department’s collecting encourages questions of connoisseurship as well as those pertaining to function and context, and demonstrates the vital role that prints, drawings, and illustrated books have played throughout history.