1628
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Jacques Callot is a 1628 ink by Michel Lasne, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a curly beard and mustache. He’s inside a decorative oval frame, holding a piece of paper in one hand. Swirling lines and stars fill the background, and his name, *Jacobus Callotus*, is written in a fancy loop around the top. The artist signed it in the corner—*Magne delineavit et fecit*—and the whole thing looks like it was carved into metal. The text around the edges is in Latin, but it’s all part of the design. Want to see how this was made? Look up engraving.
Michel Lasne (Caen, ca. 1590–4 December 1667, Paris), was a French engraver, draughtsman and collector. Lasne was born in Caen and was the son of a goldsmith. He was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp for…
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