Le Débarquement des Troupes (The Landing of the Troops)
ca. 1628
Medium
Etching and engraving; first state of three (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (14.6 x 39 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 x 15 1/16 in. (13.8 x 38.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.87
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...