1634
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sts. Jonas & Barachisius; St. John Climacus, Abbot; St. Benjamin; Sts. Quirinus & Bal is a 1634 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, depicting Engraving Proces, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows four saints standing side by side. Each wears robes and holds a book or staff. The lines are crisp and detailed, like fine pen marks. Jacques Callot made this in France around 1632. He was famous for etchings—scratching designs onto metal plates then inking them. These saints seem stiff, not soft, because the etching process keeps edges sharp. Callot, Jacques
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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