Vue de Pont-Neuf (View of the Pont-Neuf), from Les Deux Grandes Vues de Paris (The Two Large Views of Paris)
ca. 1630
Medium
Etching; fifth state of five (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 16 5/16 in. (25.1 x 41.4 cm) Plate: 6 7/16 x 13 5/16 in. (16.3 x 33.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Accession Number
57.650.325
Tags
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...