L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Q: When was "L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)" created?

This artwork was created 1616–22.

Q: Is "L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)" in the public domain?

Yes, L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Jacques Callot

1616–22

L'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs) by Jacques Callot

Medium

Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in. (18.5 x 26.3 cm) Plate: 2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (6.3 x 8.7 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

57.650.302(14)

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'Homme au Gros Dos Orné d'Une Rangée de Boutons (Man with a Large Back Ornamented with a Row of Buttons), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

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