La Fiore de Gondreville pièce appelée aussi La Fête du Village, La Petite Foire, Le Bal Champêtre, Le Jeu de Boules (The Fair at Gondreville also called The Village Festival, The Little Fair, The Country Dance, The Game of Bowls)
1624–25
Medium
Etching; second state of four (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 13/16 x 13 3/8 in. (19.9 x 34 cm) Plate: 7 9/16 x 13 3/4 in. (19.2 x 35 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.345
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...