Le Gentilhomme qui Salue Tenant son Feutre Sous le Bras (The Gentleman who Bows Holding his Felt Hat Under his Arm), from La Noblesse (The Nobility)
ca. 1623
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 9/16 x 3 5/8 in. (14.2 x 9.2 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
57.650.347(2)
Art Historical Context
Jacques Callot's *Le Gentilhomme quialue Tenant son Feutre Sous le Bras* ( Gentleman who Bows Holding Felt Hat Under his Arm created around 1623, is a charming etching from his series *La Noblesse* (The Nobility). small-scale print (5 9/16 x 3 5/8 in.) captures a finely dressed gentleman mid-bow, hat tucked elegantly under his arm—a quintessential of 17th-century European courtly etiquette. Callot, a pioneering French Baroque printmaker who worked extensively in Florence for the Medici court, excelled at portraying social types with exquisite detail, from beggars to aristocrats, reflecting the...
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...