The Palace Gardens at Nancy
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange
Accession Number
1965.232
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Callot's etching shows the appearance of the garden at the ducal palace at Nancy in 1625. Female figures carrying baskets on their heads are pictured so that Bellange's etchings of gardeners balancing ornate, fanciful containers must have been based on reality.