View of Nancy
in or after 1635
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8.9 × 6.9 cm (3 1/2 × 2 11/16 in.) sheet (irreg.): 11.6 × 20.8 cm (4 9/16 × 8 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Accession Number
1969.15.11
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, titled *View of Nancy*, captures a charming glimpse of the historic French city that was home to the celebrated printmaker Jacques Callot. Created after Callot’s design in or after 1635—the year of the artist’s death—the print reflects the enduring popularity of his work. Though small in scale, measuring just under four inches in height, the image demonstrates the precision and lively detail for which Callot was renowned. Callot, a master of 17th-century etching, frequently turned his attention to the architecture and daily life of Nancy in the Duchy of Lorraine. This p...
About the Artist
after Jacques Callot
**Jacques Callot (c. 1592–1635)**, the master whose designs inspired the works attributed "after Jacques Callot," was a pioneering French Baroque printmaker and draftsman born in Nancy, capital of the independent Duchy of Lorraine (now northeastern France). From a noble family—his father served as master of ceremonies and herald-at-arms to the Duke of Lorraine—young Callot was apprenticed to a gol...