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Lady with Her Hands in Her Sleeves, Seen in Profile

Lady with Her Hands in Her Sleeves, Seen in Profile

Series Title: The Nobility of Lorraine

Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

Date: c. 1620 - 1623
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. (14.4 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line:Museum Purchase
Object number: 1920.228.1
The grand figures, who dwarf the Tuscan-style landscapes behind them, represent the recently ennobled bourgeois class that formed the elite citizenry of the Duchy of Lorraine. Callot’s larger-than-life portrayals make commentary on particular social types as opposed to specific individuals. It has been suggested that Callot used members of his own family as models: the woman pictured in the etchings in this exhibition—and others in the series—is Callot’s wife, Catherine Kuttinger, whom he wed in 1623.
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