Franca Trippa - Fritellino, from the Balli di Sfessania
ca. 1622
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.304(6)
Tags
About this artwork
Jacques Callot's 'Franca Trippa - Fritellino' from the Balli di Sfessania series represents one of the French printmaker's most famous and widely imitated works. Created around 1622 after Callot's return to Lorraine, this series of twenty-four etchings was most likely published in Nancy around 1622, after compositions designed in Florence. Each of the prints represents performers in pairs, viewed in grotesque or comical postures. Callot succeeded in depicting the dynamic and playful nature of th...
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...