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)
Jacques Callot|Anonymous
17th century
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 · 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...