Frontispiece for the Miracles and Graces of Our Lady of "Bon-Secours-les-Nancy"
1630
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 12.4 × 7.3 cm (4 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1949.5.251
Art Historical Context
Jacques Callot's *Frontispiece for the Miracles and Graces of Lady of "Bon-Sours-les-Nancy"*1630) is a etching on laid paper, measuring just 12.4 × 7.3 cm. As a frontispiece—an ornamental title page illustration—this tiny print introduces a devotional book celebrating the miracles attributed to the Virgin Mary at the Bon-Secours shrine in Nancy, France.ot, a native of Nancy and one of the Baroque era's greatest printmakers, captures the shrine's architectural grandeur and pious crowds with astonishing precision, drawing viewers into a scene of fervent faith. Created during the Counter-Reforma...
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...