Le Martyre de Saint-Laurent (The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence)
ca. 1626
Medium
Etching and engraving; third state of three (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 3/8 in. (7.8 x 6 cm) Plate: 2 15/16 x 2 1/4 in. (7.5 x 5.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Th Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.764.2
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...