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Gentleman in a Large Cape, Seen from the Front, from The Caprices, c. 1617. Etching on paper.
Etching on paper · Plate: 6.2 × 8.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Gentleman in a Large Cape, Seen from the Front, from The Caprices
- Artist
- Jacques Callot French, 1592-1635
- Date
- c. 1617
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6.2 × 8.3 cm (2 1/2 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 6.6 × 8.8 cm (2 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1592–1635
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




