Beggar with a Stick
1622 or later
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 14 × 9 cm (5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1949.5.324
Art Historical Context
**Beggar with a Stick**, an etching on laid paper after the renowned French artist Jacques Callot, dates to 1622 or later. This intimate print, measuring just 14 × 9 cm, captures a solitary beggar clutching a stick, rendered with Callot's signature precision. Trimmed to the plate mark, it exemplifies the compact scale typical of 17th-century etchings designed for wide dissemination among collectors and the public. Jacques Callot (1592–1635) was a master printmaker whose innovative etching techniques produced extraordinarily detailed images in small formats. Working primarily in Italy and Fran...
About the Artist
after Jacques Callot
**Jacques Callot (c. 1592–1635)**, the master whose designs inspired the works attributed "after Jacques Callot," was a pioneering French Baroque printmaker and draftsman born in Nancy, capital of the independent Duchy of Lorraine (now northeastern France). From a noble family—his father served as master of ceremonies and herald-at-arms to the Duke of Lorraine—young Callot was apprenticed to a gol...