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
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 ...