Copy of Le Duel a l'Épée et au Poignard (The Duel with the Sword and Dagger), from "Les Caprices"
Anonymous|Jacques Callot
17th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (5.8 x 8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-491
Tags
SwordsMen
About the Artist
Anonymous|Jacques Callot
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...