L'Estrapade (Strappado), from Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), plate 10
Medium
Etching; first state of three (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 5/8 x 7 15/16 in. (9.2 x 20.2 cm) Plate: 3 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (8.5 x 19.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.522.2
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet · 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...