Frontispiece for Exercises de Devotion sur la Vie de Nostre Seigneur Iesus-Christ [...]
![Frontispiece for Exercises de Devotion sur la Vie de Nostre Seigneur Iesus-Christ [...] by Grégoire Huret|Jacques Langlois](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/frontispiece-for-exercises-de-devotion-sur-la-vie-645780.webp)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 5/16 in. (29.6 × 21.1 cm) Plate: 8 7/16 × 5 3/8 in. (21.5 × 13.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Henry W. Kent, transferred from the Printing Office
Accession Number
41.44.1612
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite engraving serves as the frontispiece forExercises de Devotion sur Vie de Nostre Seigneuresus-Christ*, a 5 French devotional book focused on meditations from the life of Jesus Christ Created by Grégoire Huret, a skilled French Baroque engraver known for his intricate religious imagery, and published by Jacques Langlois it captures central figures including Jesus, the Virgin Mary, men and women in a scene likely evoking sacred narrative and piety. Measuring modestly at 11 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches on the sheet, its detailed plate (8 7/16 × 5 3/8 inches) was designed to introduce the vol...
About the Artist
Grégoire Huret|Jacques Langlois · 1606–1670
French draftsman and printmaker. Comment on works: Engraver & draftsman