About this artwork
Jacques Callot’s Camping Place of the Gypsies is the final plate of a four-part series that forms a rare, friezelike composition when assembled. These mysterious wanderers, alternately called gypsies or Bohemians, inspired much fascination at the beginning of the 17th century. It was rumored that Callot himself joined a similar group of Bohemians in Italy when he was 12 years old. In this picaresque scene, a motley crew of disheveled itinerants takes refuge for the evening under trees. While some prepare dinner, others entertain themselves with a game of cards, perhaps to pass the time as they wait for the arrival of their newest member, visible in the background.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Jacques Callot
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Title
- Camping Place of the Gypsies: The Preparation of the Feast
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Artist's working dates 1612–1635
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Medium
- Etching with burin on paper
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Dimensions
- Image/sheet, cut within platemark: 12.3 × 23.5 cm (4 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Print and Drawing Club Fund
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Reference Number
- 1959.171
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/10013/manifest.json
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