Soldier with Feathered Hat
1623 or later
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
image/block: 14.9 × 9.6 cm (5 7/8 × 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 17.3 × 11.2 cm (6 13/16 × 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Accession Number
1969.15.158
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Soldier with Feathered*, a captivating woodcut on laid paper created after the renowned French printmaker Jacques Callot around 1623 or later. Measuring just 14.9 × 9.6 cm for the image, this intimate print captures a jaunty soldier adorned with a plume-topped hat, evoking theoyant military fashion of early 17th-century Europe Callot, a master of intricate detail and dynamic composition, was celebrated for his small-scale prints that brought vivid scenes of soldiers, festivals, and hardships to life, influencing printmaking across the continent. As a woodcut—a relief printing tech...
About the Artist
after Jacques Callot
**Jacques Callot (c. 1592–1635)**, the master whose designs inspired the works attributed "after Jacques Callot," was a pioneering French Baroque printmaker and draftsman born in Nancy, capital of the independent Duchy of Lorraine (now northeastern France). From a noble family—his father served as master of ceremonies and herald-at-arms to the Duke of Lorraine—young Callot was apprenticed to a gol...