St. John the Baptist, from Les Pénitents et Pénitentes (The Penitents)
Israël Henriet|Jacques Callot
ca. 1632
Medium
Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 9/16 x 1 3/4 in. (6.5 x 4.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.314(3)
About the Artist
Israël Henriet|Jacques Callot · 1585–1661
Israël Henriet (c. 1590–1661) stands as one of the most important figures in 17th-century French printmaking, not only as an accomplished engraver in his own right but as the principal publisher and preserver of Jacques Callot's extraordinary legacy. Born in Nancy, Lorraine, around 1590, Henriet belonged to an artistic family and grew up as a childhood friend of Callot, the preeminent printmaker o...