Funeral of the Holy Catholic and Royal Majesty Margaret of Austria Queen of Spain (Essequie della Sacra Cattolica e Real Maesta di Margherita d'Austria Regina di Spagna)
Jacques Callot
1612
Medium
Book with twenty-nine etchings with woodcut and letterpress in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
31.3 × 23.2 × 1.1 cm (12 3/8 × 9 3/16 × 7/16 in.)
Classification
book
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
200290
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...