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Blackwork Designs with Birds and Insects, Plate 7 from a Series of Blackwork Ornaments combined with Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers
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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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1950

Classification

Albums|Prints|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Jacques Callot

1592–1635Duchy of Lorraine

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. Born and raised in Nancy, Callot revolutionized the medium of etching through technical innovations that would influence masters like Rembrandt and Goya for centuries to come.