The Lady with the Small Raised Cap, plate one from La Noblesse

The Lady with the Small Raised Cap, plate one from La Noblesse by Jacques Callot

Medium

Etching on paper

Dimensions

14.3 × 9.2 cm (5 11/16 × 3 5/8 in.)

Classification

etching

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

77775

About the Artist

Jacques Callot · 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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