Reverse Copy of Le Benedicite, estampe appelée aussi La Sainte Famille a Table et St. Joseph Faisant Boire L'Enfant Jésus (The Grace, also called The Holy Family at the Table and St. Joseph Giving the Christ Child a Drink)

Reverse Copy of Le Benedicite, estampe appelée aussi La Sainte Famille a Table et St. Joseph Faisant Boire L'Enfant Jésus (The Grace, also called The Holy Family at the Table and St. Joseph Giving the Christ Child a Drink) by Jacques Callot|Pieter Nolpe

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 9 5/8 x 8 9/16 in. (24.5 x 21.8 cm) Plate: 8 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (21.1 x 18.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1947

Accession Number

47.100.630

About the Artist

Jacques Callot|Pieter Nolpe · 15921635

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...

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