93,772 profiles ranked live

Jacques Callot

✓ Source-basedstable

Flemish-French engraver (c.1592-1635)

ArtistsLived 1592 to 1635 · aged 43
Compare
Fame55.0
Momentum1.8
Languages28
Peak1990s
In century#438

Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 12

Artists born in the 1590s 6

About this person

Jacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.

Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1592 to 1635 · aged 43
Written about in
28 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.