Artist: Anonymous, formerly attributed to Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)
Place/Date: Italy, early 1600s; (Florence, 1630s?)
Medium: Etching on laid paper.
Dimensions: Sheet 179 × 264 mm; borderline 172 × 258 mm.
Inscriptions: Lower left, within image: "4". No other signature or imprint.
Description:
A festival cavalcade advances left to right. At left, a large winged dragon serves as a coach/sledge, its harness reins led forward to a horse that pulls the float. Two helmeted figures ride the monster: aft, on the tail, a lancer with a spear and shield; fore, between the wings, a rider with a shield who holds the reins as a charioteer. Marshals with staves walk beside; to the right ride a file of armoured horsemen; beyond them, trumpeters blow long curved buccina/lituus horns under streaked clouds.
Iconographic note:
The armed riders + rein-led float indicate an allegorical triumphal carro.
Attribution note:
The subject (pageant cavalcade with allegorical carro), the dense parallel sky-hatching, horse types, and figure manner align with Florentine/Roman festival sheets of the Tempesta–Cantagallina circle / Antonio Tempesta (Italian, 1555–1630); Remigio Cantagallina (Italian, c.1582–1656)
Title by the seller: Corteo con drago alato, attributed to Jacques Callot.
Additional Information
| Collection | European prints and drawings |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | |
| Period | 17 AD , Early 17th century |
| Country | Italy |
| Material | Laid paper , Paper |
| Media/Technique | Copperplate engraving , Engraving , Etching |
| Genre | Allegorical image , Festival and pageant images |
| Subject | 17th century , Allegory , Cavalcades , Dragon , Engraving , Etching , Europe , Festival , Horse , Italian art , Military , Monsters , Mythical creatures , Pageants and processions , Winged Creatures |
| Creation / Publishing year | Unknown |
| Acquisition year | 2025 |
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