Portrait of Claude Dereut and His Son, Jean
Jacques Callot|Claude Déruet
ca. 1632
Medium
Etching and engraving; second state of five (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 2 15/16 in. (29.8 x 7.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985
Accession Number
1986.1180.343
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Claude Déruet · 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...