St. Robert, abbé (St. Robert, Abbot), June 7th, from "Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année" (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year)
Medium
Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 4.9 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(192)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, *St. Robert, abb (St. Robert,)*, from Jacques Callot's 1636 series *Les Images De Tous Les Sain et Saintes de LAnnée* (Images All the Saints and Religious Events of the Year honors the 11th-century founder of the Cistercian order on his feast day, June 7. Published with Israël Henriet, this second-state impression captures Callot's mastery of miniature-scale religious imagery, designed for personal devotion during the Counter-Reformation era, when such prints proliferated to inspire faith amid Europe's religious upheavals. Callot, a leading Baroque etcher, revolutionize...
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet · 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...