Landscape with Two Pilgrims
17th century or later
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (tirmmed to plate mark): 5.8 × 10.1 cm (2 5/16 × 4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Accession Number
1969.15.173
Art Historical Context
"Landscape with Two Pilgrims an etching on laid paper after the renowned 17th-century French artist Callot, captures a yet evocative scene in a compact format—measuring just 5.8 × 10.1 cm. Callot, a master printmaker, was celebrated for his intricate etchings that blended landscape elements with human figures, often drawing from the turbulent world of his time, including religious pilgrimages and everyday life in Europe. This work reflects Callot's signature style: fine, wiry lines etched into a metal plate with acid, allowing for remarkable detail in small spaces. The "after" attribution sug...
About the Artist
after Jacques Callot
**Jacques Callot (c. 1592–1635)**, the master whose designs inspired the works attributed "after Jacques Callot," was a pioneering French Baroque printmaker and draftsman born in Nancy, capital of the independent Duchy of Lorraine (now northeastern France). From a noble family—his father served as master of ceremonies and herald-at-arms to the Duke of Lorraine—young Callot was apprenticed to a gol...