Cicho Sgarra and Collo Francisco
c. 1622
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 7 × 9.3 cm (2 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.) sheet: 10.1 × 12.4 cm (4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.207
Art Historical Context
Jacques Callot's *Cicho Sgarra and Collo Francisco* (c. 1622) a masterful small-scale etching on laid paper, measuring just 7 × 9.3 cm on the. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosen Collection, this print exemplifies the Baroque artist's extraordinary skill in capturing intricate details within intimate formats. Callot, a French printmaker from Lorraine (1592–1635), honed his craft in Florence under the Medici patronage, revolutionizing etching techniques to produce finely wrought lines that rivaled engraving's precision. The title likely refers to two Italianate figures—possibly rogui...
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...