Apostel Petrus
Jacques Callot
1621 - 1629
Medium
etching
Dimensions
88; 61
About this artwork
De pendant van deze prent, Apostel Paulus, is niet van de hand van Jacques Callot, maar van Nicolas de Son. Klinkert, C.
About the Artist
Jacques Callot · 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...