The Palace Gardens at Nancy
Jacques Callot
1625
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.5 × 38.1 cm (10 1/16 × 15 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Miss Ellen T. Bullard
Accession Number
1941.4.2
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...