Frontispiece, from Statuti dell'Ordine de' Cavalieri di S.to Stefano (Statutes of the Knights of the Order of St. Stephen)
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 6 in. (22 x 15.2 cm) Plate: 7 15/16 x 5 5/16 in. (20.2 x 13.5 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
57.650.392
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Pietro Cecconcelli · 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...