Sketches for the Balli di Sfessania (recto) Sketches of Dancers (verso)
Jacques Callot
1616/19
Medium
Red chalk on buff laid paper
Dimensions
21.4 × 28.8 cm (8 7/16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
113240
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...