La Promenade sur L'Eau (The Walk by the Water), from Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a Florence, Vues de Florence, Paysages d'Italie, et Paysages Définitifs (Landscapes Engraved for Giovanni de'Medici, Landscapes Designed in Florence, Views of Florence, Landscapes of Italy, and Definitive Landscapes)
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/16 x 9 11/16 in. (11.2 x 24.6 cm) trimmed
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.369(1)
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Don Giovanni de' Medici|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...