Attack on a Coach
c. 1633
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.3 × 18.7 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.) sheet: 10.3 × 20.8 cm (4 1/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.2221
Art Historical Context
**Attack on a Coach** Callot, c. 1633 Etching on laid paper,: 8.3 × 18.7 cm Step into the dramatic world of Jacques Callot's *Attack on a Coach*, masterful etching from around 1633, now housed in the National Gallery Art's Rosenwald Collection This compact print (just 3¼ × 7⅜ inches) captures a tense moment of highway robbery, with bandits ambushing a horse-drawn coach amid swirling chaos. Callot, a pioneering French Baroque printmaker (1592–1635), was renowned for his intricate etchings that brought vivid narratives to life on paper, making high art accessible through affordable repro...
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...