Frontispiece for Callot's "The New Testament"
1635
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1635
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This image is a black-and-white print with lots of swirling lines and shapes. At the top, there’s a face peeking out from a curly frame. In the middle, a banner has French text that looks like a title. The edges are packed with fancy, tangled designs—like vines or smoke—filling every corner. The text says it’s for a book called *Nouveau Testament*, made in 1635. The artist’s name isn’t shown here, but the printmaker’s name is in the bottom corner. Want to know more? Look up etching to see how this kind of print was made.
