Small male figure stopping to draw his sword, in profile view with open mouth and left foot positioned forward, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi'

ca. 1621–25

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 2 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (6.2 x 8.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.6 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.255.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacques Callot. Small male figure stopping to draw his sword, in profile view with open mouth and left foot positioned forward, 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

Small male figure stopping to draw his sword, in profile view with open mouth and left foot positioned forward, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi' — Jacques Callot. ca. 1621–25.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 2 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (6.2 x 8.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.6 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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