Exhibit image
Imagee-Card
3 9.6 (5)

A View of Mountains Across a Lake  1632

by Jacques Callot

Jacques Callot often featured complex and highly expressive rock formations in his prints and drawings. Only through sensitive observation of natural phenomena was he able to capture a wide range of effects of light and shade with an economical, rhythmic use of wash. Remarkably, despite his freedom and fluidity in applying wash, there is no evidence that he was ever a pain...
Size: 
10 x 22.1 cm
Medium: 
Brush and brown wash over black chalk
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty