Reverse Copy of Le Paysan Qui Salue (The Peasant who Bows), from "Les Caprices" Series A, The Florence Set
Anonymous|Jacques Callot
17th century
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (5.4 x 8.2 cm) trimmed to platemark
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Accession Number
17.50.17-478
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Anonymous|Jacques Callot
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...