Restoration of the Aqueduct of Pisa, from The Life of Ferdinand de' Medici

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Restoration of the Aqueduct of Pisa, from The Life of Ferdinand de' Medici, 1616/20. Engraving on cream laid paper.

Engraving on cream laid paper · Image: 19.5 × 29.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Restoration of the Aqueduct of Pisa, from The Life of Ferdinand de' Medici
Artist: Jacques Callot French, 1592-1635
Date: 1616/20
Medium: Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.5 × 29.8 cm (7 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Plate: 22.6 × 30 cm (8 15/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 37 cm (11 1/8 × 14 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Silverstein
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.