La Trinité (The Trinity), Trinity Sunday, from Images des Fêtes Mobiles (Images of Moveable Feasts from the Christian Calendar), part of the series Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year), scene 7
ca. 1632
Medium
Etching; fourth state of five (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 2 7/16 in. (10.4 x 6.2 cm) Plate: 3 3/4 x 2 1/16 in. (9.6 x 5.2 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
57.650.317(7)
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|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...