Vue du Louvre (View of the Louvre), from Les Deux Grandes Vues de Paris (The Two Large Views of Paris)
Jacques Callot
ca. 1630
Medium
Etching; second state of four (Lieure)
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 13 1/16 in. (16.5 x 33.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1923
Accession Number
23.65.34
Tags
ParisCitiesRiversBoats
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...