La Halte des Bohémiens: Les Diseuses de Bonne Aventure (The Gypsy Stopover: The Fortune Tellers), from Le Bohémiens, série appelée aussi Les Égyptiens, La Marche des Bohémiens, La Vie Errante des Bohémiens, Les Marches Égyptiennes (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops)
early 17th century
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Mount: 6 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (17.5 x 28.9 cm) Sheet: 4 15/16 x 9 5/16 in. (12.5 x 23.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Julie Parsons Redmond, 1960
Accession Number
60.534.4
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...