CALLOT, Jacques Lot n° 540

CALLOT, Jacques Frontispiece of "Fiesole Distrutta". Paris 1619 Etching, 17,5 x 12,5 cm, laid paper, unsigned (ms. note in pen and brown ink at lower margin). Under passe-partout. Two female figures, one holding a trumpet (Poetry?) and the other a basket of flowers (Agriculture?), seated on each side of a ram's skin hanging from a laurel tree and bearing an engraved title. Above the ram's head is the coat of arms of the Medici. Frontispiece of Giovanni Domenico Perri's book, published in 1619. Only state. Ref. Lieure 304. - Meaume 432.