Portrait of Jacques Callot
Medium
Etching with engraving; fourth state of four (Lothe)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 5 5/8 in. (25 × 14.3 cm) Plate: 9 11/16 × 5 1/2 in. (24.6 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1940
Accession Number
40.52.70
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Jacques Fagnani|Jacques Callot · 1602–1676
Abraham Bosse (1604–1676) was a French printmaker and theorist whose approximately 1,600 etchings provide an unparalleled visual record of 17th-century French life. Born to Huguenot parents in Tours, he trained in Paris under Melchior Tavernier and became a devoted follower of Jacques Callot's technical innovations. Bosse's meticulous etchings depicted subjects ranging from daily life and fashion ...