La Paysanne Tournée a Droite, la Main Tendue en Avant (The Peasant Woman Turned to the Right, her Hand Extended Forward), from Varie Figure (Various Figures)
Jacques Callot
ca. 1620
Medium
Etching; first state of four (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 5/16 x 3 5/8 in. (8.4 x 9.2 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
57.650.373(6)
Tags
Women
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...