Le Cavalier
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 15 11/16 x 11 3/8 in. (39.8 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945
Accession Number
45.35.9
Tags
LandscapesTrees
About the Artist
Jean Morin|Jacques Fouquieres · 1605–1650
Jean Morin (c. 1605–1650) was one of the most accomplished French engravers of the seventeenth century, a master of the portrait print whose work stands among the finest examples of French graphic art in its era. Little is known about his early life or training, though his technique suggests exposure to both French and Flemish engraving traditions, the latter being the dominant force in European p...