The Stag Hunt
1619
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
The Stag Hunt is a 1619 ink by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, depicting Hunting, held at National Gallery of Art.
A man on a galloping horse chases a stag through a forest. The horse and rider look tiny compared to the huge trees around them. The stag turns to face its hunters, bold and unafraid. Callot was one of the first artists to use etching to show action. He scratched details into metal plates, then printed them on paper. The lines look sharp, like a sketch you’d see on a page. This is a quiet moment in a wild chase. Look at how the rider’s cape flutters behind him. Check out more of Callot’s work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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