Blackwork Designs with Birds and Insects, Plate 7 from a Series of Blackwork Ornaments combined with Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers
Medium
Blackwork and Engraving
Dimensions
7 3/4 × 11 7/16 × 1/8 in. (19.7 × 29 × 0.3 cm) Plate: 5 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (15 × 19.8 cm)
Classification
Albums|Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950
Accession Number
50.562.103(6)
Art Historical Context
Welcome to Plate 7 from *Blackwork Designs with and Insects*, part of a captivating series of *Blackwork Ornaments combined Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers*. Created after 1622 by a talented trio—Jacques Callot, the renowned French etcher known for his intricate detail; Jakob Hoefnagel a Flemish master of naturalistic miniatures; and Meinert Gelijs—this engraving exemplifies the collaborative spirit of 17th European printmaking. Measuring a compact 5 7/8 × 7 13/16 inches on the plate, it's housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, thanks to The Elisha Whitt...
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Meinert Gelijs|Jakob Hoefnagel · 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...