Titelblad voor de tragedie 'Il Solimano'
Jacques Callot
1619 - 1620
Medium
etching
Dimensions
192; 133
About this artwork
Titelblad voor: Prospero Bonarelli della Rovere, 'Il Solimano' (Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620). Klinkert, C.
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...