Copy of La Halte des Bohémiens: Les Diseuses de Bonne Aventure (The Gypsy Stopover: The Fortune Tellers), from "Le Bohémiens, série appelée aussi Les Égyptiens, La Marche des Bohémiens, La Vie Errante des Bohémiens, Les Marches Égyptiennes" (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops)

Copy of La Halte des Bohémiens: Les Diseuses de Bonne Aventure (The Gypsy Stopover: The Fortune Tellers), from "Le Bohémiens, série appelée aussi Les Égyptiens, La Marche des Bohémiens, La Vie Errante des Bohémiens, Les Marches Égyptiennes" (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops) by Jacques Callot|Anonymous

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

Mount: 5 13/16 x 11 3/16 in. (14.7 x 28.4 cm) Sheet: 5 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (13.3 x 24.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962

Accession Number

62.635.921

About the Artist

Jacques Callot|Anonymous · 15921635

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...

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