Fan
17th century
Medium
etching on laid paper [restrike]
Dimensions
sheet: 71 × 46.5 cm (27 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Transferred from The Library of Congress
Accession Number
1986.50.157
Art Historical Context
This 17th-century etching titled *Fan* captures the refined elegance of designs produced in the style of Jacques Callot, one of the most influential printmakers of the Baroque. Though created as arike on laid paper the work retains the crisp linear precision and lively that defined Callot’s innovative approach to etching. The unusually large sheet, measuring over two feet in height, suggests it was intended for display or perhaps served as a pattern for decorative objects. Callot, working primarily in France and Italy during the early 1600s, transformed etching into a versatile medium capable...