Oval Medallions and Rondels, from Variae tum Passionis Christi tum vitae beatae Mariae Virginis; Les Mystères de la Passion suite appelée aussi Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et de la Vie de la Ste. Vierge (The Mysteries of the Passion, also called the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus, and the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus and of the Virgin)

ca. 1631

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 3/16 in. (8.8 x 15.7 cm) Plate: 3 7/16 x 6 1/16 in. (8.7 x 15.4 cm)
Collection no.: 57.650.350(4)
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacques Callot. Oval Medallions and Rondels, from Variae tum Passionis Christi tum vitae beatae Mariae Virginis; Les Mystères de la Passion suite appelée aussi Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et de la Vie de la Ste. Vierge (The Mysteries of the Passion, also called the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus, and the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus and of the Virgin). Jacques Callot; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Oval Medallions and Rondels, from Variae tum Passionis Christi tum vitae beatae Mariae Virginis; Les Mystères de la Passion suite appelée aussi Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et Mystères de la Vie de Jésus et de la Vie de la Ste. Vierge (The Mysteries of the Passion, also called the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus, and the Mysteries of the Life of Jesus and of the Virgin) — Jacques Callot. ca. 1631.

Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 3/16 in. (8.8 x 15.7 cm) Plate: 3 7/16 x 6 1/16 in. (8.7 x 15.4 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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