The entry of the Count of Brionne: in the upper image, the count stands on a shipdeck in the guise of Jason, with mermaids and tritons playing musical instruments in the water below; at lower left, the Golden Fleece hangs in a tree above a recumbent dragon; at lower right, a winged figure of Fame plays two trumpets from a rocky outcrop, from the series 'Le combat a la barrière'

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...