2nd Plate, Featuring 10 Coins Issued by European Princes in the 16th and 17th centuries, from Les Monnaies (The Currencies)
ca. 1630
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 10 11/16 in. (38.6 x 27.2 cm) Plate: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Accession Number
68.573.8
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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...