Les Roseaux et Le Vent (The Reed and The Wind), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 27
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (5.8 x 8 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
57.650.349(19)
Art Historical Context
"Les Roseaux et Le (The Reed and the)" is plate 27 from the evocative series *Lux Claustri La Lumière du Clo (The Light of theisters)*, created between 1621 and1635. Attributed to master etcher Jacques Callot, with François Langlois likely involved as publisher or collaborator, this tiny print (just 2 5/16 x 3 1/8 inches) a poetic moment: reeds bending gracefully before a fierce wind. Callot, a leading Baroque printmaker from Lorraine, was renowned for his intricate small-scale etchings that packed profound narratives into miniature formats, blending realism with symbolic depth. Etched on a m...