Holy Family with Two Angels
Jacques Callot
ca. 1614
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 7/16 in. (16 x 11.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Eric Greenleaf, in memory of Ellen and William Greenleaf, 1983
Accession Number
1983.1032
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...