St. Peter and St. John Healing the Lame at the Gates of the Temple, plate 6 from "Les Tableaux de Rome, Les Eglises Jubilaires" (The Paintings of Rome, The Churches Jubilee)

St. Peter and St. John Healing the Lame at the Gates of the Temple, plate 6 from "Les Tableaux de Rome, Les Eglises Jubilaires" (The Paintings of Rome, The Churches Jubilee) by Jacques Callot|Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi)

Medium

Engraving; second state of two (Lieure)

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 5/8 x 3 in. (11.8 x 7.6 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.569.7

About the Artist

Jacques Callot|Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) · 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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