Le Gueux Assis et Mangeant (The Beggar Sitting and Eating), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)
Jacques Callot
ca. 1623
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 9/16 x 3 5/8 in. (14.2 x 9.2 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (13.8 x 8.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
Accession Number
42.41.11
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...