Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi'

ca. 1621–25

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (6.3 x 8.5 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.255.14
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacques Callot. Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi'. Jacques Callot; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Masked, small male figure with right hand grasping hat and left hand grasping sword hilt, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi' — Jacques Callot. ca. 1621–25.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. (6.3 x 8.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

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.

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