Portrait of Jacques Callot
ca. 1636
Medium
Etching with engraving; third state of three
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 in. (26 x 15.3 cm) Plate: 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (24.8 x 14 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Julie Parsons Redmond, 1960
Accession Number
60.534.33
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Abraham Bosse|Israël Henriet · 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 ...