Landscape
in or after 1635
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 8 × 6.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.) sheet (irreg.): 10.4 × 19.9 cm (4 1/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Accession Number
1969.15.151
Art Historical Context
This delicate etching, titled *Landscape and created in or after 1635, homage to the masterful style of Jacques Callot, a pioneering French printmaker of the Baroque era. Callot (1592–1635) revolutionized etching with his intricate, small-scale compositions, capturing landscapes, battles, and everyday scenes with astonishing detail. Produced "after" Callot—likely by a follower or studio artist—this work reflects his influence during a time of artistic innovation in 17th-century Europe, amid the Thirty Years' War, when prints became vital for disseminating images widely. Etched on laid paper, ...
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...