Ruiterportret van Lodewijk de Guise, prins van Phalsbourg

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blad: hoogte 286 mm x breedte 340 mm

Art Historical Context

**Ruiterportret Lodewijk de Gu, prins van Phals** (Equestrian Portrait of Louis de Guise, Prince of Phbourg) is a striking etching by Jacques Callot, created between 1621 and1624. Measuring 286 mm high by 340 mm wide, this print captures the nobleman in dynamic equestrian pose, a format favored by European aristocracy to symbolize power, military prowess, and refined horsemanship. Louis de Guise, a prominent of the influential House of Guise and Prince of Phalsbourg in Lorraine, embodies the turbulent nobility of early 17th-century France amid the Thirty Years' War's early stirrings. Callot, ...

About the Artist

Jacques Callot · 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...