Reverse Copy of La Dame au Vêtement Ample (The Woman with the Ample Clothing), from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set
Jacques Callot|Anonymous
17th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (6.4 x 8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-484
Tags
Women
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Anonymous · 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...