10th Plate, Featuring 16 Coins Issued by European Princes in the 16th and 17th centuries, from Les Monnaies (The Currencies)
Jacques Callot|Israel Silvestre
ca. 1630
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/16 x 10 5/8 in. (25.8 x 27 cm) Plate: 8 11/16 x 9 5/16 in. (22 x 23.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.335(10)
Tags
Coins
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Israel Silvestre · 1592–1635
Jacques Callot (1592–1635) was a French printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine, widely regarded as one of the first great artists to practice the graphic arts exclusively. His more than 1,400 etchings chronicled the breadth of 17th-century life, from Medici court festivities to the brutal realities of warfare. Callot revolutionized etching through technical innovations including the é...