Adoration of the Magi, with Mary bracing Jesus with her right hand and reaching for a gift with her left, a long procession extending into a hilly background, children at bottom left and right bearing vessels
Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet
ca. 1621–35
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 4 x 2 3/4 in. (10.2 x 7 cm) sheet: 4 13/16 x 3 3/4 in. (12.2 x 9.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.263
Tags
ChristVirgin MaryMenAdoration of the Magi
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet · 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...