Frontispiece, from Varie Figure Gobbi

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Frontispiece, from Varie Figure Gobbi, 1616. Etching on paper.

Etching on paper · Image/plate: 5.9 × 8.9 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Frontispiece, from Varie Figure Gobbi
Artist: Jacques Callot French, 1592-1635
Date: 1616
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 5.9 × 8.9 cm (2 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Sheet: 9.1 × 12.2 cm (3 5/8 × 4 13/16 in.)
Credit line: Stanley Field Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1592–1635

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.