Frontispiece for "Gloriosissimae"
1614
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Frontispiece for "Gloriosissimae" is a 1614 ink by Jacques Callot, a Renaissance work, depicting Catalogue, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a detailed etching with intricate lines and shapes. It's an example of a frontispiece, which is a decorative page at the beginning of a book. This one is special because it was made for a specific book, and the etching process used to create it involved scratching a design into a metal plate. You can learn more about this technique by looking into the technique: etching.
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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