Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi'
Jacques Callot
ca. 1621–25
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (6.3 x 8.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession Number
2012.136.255.14
Tags
MasksSwordsMen
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...