Reverse Copy of Le Gentilhomme qui Salue Tenant son Feutre sous le Bras (The Gentleman who Bows Holding his Felt Hat under his Arm), from La Noblesse (The Nobility)

Reverse Copy of Le Gentilhomme qui Salue Tenant son Feutre sous le Bras (The Gentleman who Bows Holding his Felt Hat under his Arm), from La Noblesse (The Nobility) by Jacques Callot|Anonymous

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 5/8 x 3 13/16 in. (14.3 x 9.7 cm) trimmed and backed

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947

Accession Number

47.100.767

About the Artist

Jacques Callot|Anonymous · 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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