6th 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 1/8 x 11 in. (38.4 x 28 cm) Plate: 11 13/16 x 8 3/4 in. (30 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
68.573.12
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite etching, titled *6th Plate, Featuring10 Coins Issued by European in the 16th and 17th Centuries* from the series *Les Monnaies (The Currencies)*, was created around 1630 by master printmakers Jacques Callot and Israel Silvest. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, it measures nearly 15 by 11 inches and showcases the artists' meticulous skill in capturing fine details on a grand scale. Callot, a pioneering Baroque etcher renowned for his intricate line work and dynamic compositions, collaborated here with Silvestre to document ten rare 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...