L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)

Q: When was "L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)" created?

This artwork was created ca. 1623.

Q: Is "L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)" in the public domain?

Yes, L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Jacques Callot

ca. 1623

L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons) by Jacques Callot

Medium

Etching; first state of two (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 9/16 in. (13.7 x 9 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

57.650.308(3)

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...

L'Aveugle et son Compagnon (The Blind Man and his Companion), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)

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