Frontispiece, from the series Les Penitents (The Penitents)
Frontispiece, from the series Les Penitents (The Penitents)

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Frontispiece, from the series Les Penitents (The Penitents),

1632

Jacques Callot, French, 1592–1635
Published by Israël Henriet, French, ca. 1590–1661
x1934-283

Information

Title
Frontispiece, from the series Les Penitents (The Penitents)
Dates

1632

Maker
Jacques Callot
Published by Israël Henriet
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 6.6 × 4.5 cm (2 5/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-283
Place Made

Europe, France, Nancy

Inscription
Titled in plate, center: LES / PENITENTS / ET / PENITENTES / PAR / IACQVES CALLOT Privileges in plate, lower center: Auec Priuilege du Roy. SIgned in plate, lower right: Israel ex.
Reference Numbers
Meaume 147
Culture
European, French
Type
prints, etchings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
figures (representations), saints, frontispieces (illustrations), text

Frontispiece to Les Penitents

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