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Dévastation d'un Monastère (Devastation of a Monastery), from "Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre" (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 6
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Dévastation d'un Monastère (Devastation of a Monastery), from "Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre" (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 6

Medium

Etching; first or second state of three (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 2 15/16 x 7 3/8 in. (7.5 x 18.7 cm) trimmed

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957

Classification

Prints

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.

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