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Coins [plate 6]

Jacques Callot

1630

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Baroque Baroque order of charles iii

Dominant colour

Coins [plate 6] is a 1630 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, depicting order of charles iii, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1630 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

You see a close-up of coins in the painting. The coins are arranged in a pattern. This work is interesting because it shows the artist's attention to detail. The artist made this using a technique that involves scratching a design into a metal plate, which is then used to print the image, a process known as etching. Check out the technique: etching.