Frontispiece, from Le Combat a la Barrière in the Palace at Nancy by Henri Humbert, printed by Sebastien Phillipe
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of three (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 6 1/2 in. (18.5 x 16.5 cm) Plate: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in. (15.6 x 11 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1941
Accession Number
41.139.1
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Henri Humbert · 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...