Beggar Woman with Crutches
1622 or later
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.9 × 8.2 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.) sheet: 14.5 × 9.4 cm (5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1949.5.321
Art Historical Context
This poignant etching, *Beggar Woman with Crches*, is created after the renowned French artist Jacques Callot and dates to 1622 or later.ot, a master printmaker of the Baroque era, was celebrated for his intricate depictions of everyday life, particularly the marginalized poor. This small-scale work (plate measures just 13.9 × 8.2 cm) likely draws from his famous *Beggars* series (*Les Gueux*), whichized society's outcasts amid the social upheavals of early 17th-century Europe, including the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War. Etched on laid paper—a traditional support prized for its texture ...
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...