Les deux grandes vues de Paris: Vue du Pont Neuf

1629

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

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Les deux grandes vues de Paris: Vue du Pont Neuf is a 1629 by Jacques Callot, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Jacques Callot
When & what style?: 1629 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see two small, detailed prints of Paris from the 1600s. One shows the Pont Neuf bridge from above with tiny figures and boats on the Seine. The lines are sharp and precise, like an early photograph. Callot used a printmaking method called etching. He scratched designs into metal plates with acid, which let him make many copies. This was new in his day. Try looking up Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635).