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Beggar with Wooden Leg

Jacques Callot

1622

ink

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque

Dominant colour

Beggar with Wooden Leg is a 1622 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1622 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This sketch shows an older man leaning on a wooden cane. He’s wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a loose shirt, and baggy pants. One leg looks different—it’s a wooden peg leg. His face is wrinkled, and he’s holding a hat in his left hand. The artist used lines to show texture, like the folds in his clothes or the grain of the wood. This style was common in etchings, where ink is pressed into a metal plate. Next, look up etching to see how artists like Callot made prints like this.