S. Honorat, évêque et confesseur (St. Honoratus, Bishop and Confessor), January 16th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Feast Days of the Year)

S. Honorat, évêque et confesseur (St. Honoratus, Bishop and Confessor), January 16th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Feast Days of the Year) by Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet

Medium

Etching; second state of two (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917

Accession Number

17.50.17-371(20)

Tags

SaintsMen

About the Artist

Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet · 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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