Art, literature & historyL'Homme Raclant un Gril en Guise de Violon (Man Scraping a Grill in the Guise of a Violin), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)
1616–22
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure)
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.6 cm) Plate: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (6.4 x 9 cm)
- Collection no.
- 57.650.303(18)
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
L'Homme Raclant un Gril en Guise de Violon (Man Scraping a Grill in the Guise of a Violin), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs) — Jacques Callot. 1616–22.
Medium: Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.6 cm) Plate: 2 1/2 x 3 9/16 in. (6.4 x 9 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.