Le Catafalque de l'Empereur Mathais pièce appelée aussi Le Petit Prédicateur, La Chapelle Funèbre de Florence et Requiem de L'Empereur Mathais (The Catafalque of the Emperor Matthais, piece also called The Small Preacher, The Funerary Chapel of Florence, The Requiem of the Emperor Matthais)
Jacques Callot
1619
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of three (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.3236
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...