Le Combat des Sections d'Infantrie (The Battle of the Sections of Infantry), from La Guerre d'Amour (Guerra d'Amore) (War of Love)

Le Combat des Sections d'Infantrie (The Battle of the Sections of Infantry), from La Guerre d'Amour (Guerra d'Amore) (War of Love) by Jacques Callot

Medium

Etching; first state of three (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 13/16 x 8 11/16 in. (14.7 x 22.1 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

57.650.354

About the Artist

Jacques Callot · 15921635

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...

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