The Healing of the Sick, from Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie della Santissima Nunziata di Firenze (Selection of Some Miracles and Graces that Occurred in the Church of the Annunziata in Florence)
Medium
Engraving; second state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (13.5 x 8.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.752
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the early 17th century, Church of the Santissima Annunziata in Florence renowned for its miraculous image of the Annunciation, pilgrims seeking divine intervention. This engraving, *The Healing of the Sick is one of a series titled *Scelta d'Alcuni Miracoli e Grazie (Selection of Some Miracles Graces), documenting reported wonders at the church. Created between 1611 and 1619 by French master printmaker Jacques Callot and Italianaver Giovanni Biliverti, it captures a moment of faith and recovery, featuring ill men and women in beds, evoking the era's deep devotion to Marian miracles amid wid...
About the Artist
Jacques Callot|Giovanni Biliverti · 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...