Saint John Preaching in the Desert (Saint Jean Préchant dans le Désert), with arm upraised, surrounded by male and female figures in a rocky setting

1634–35

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 2 15/16 x 3 11/16 in. (7.5 x 9.3 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.181
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Jacques Callot. Saint John Preaching in the Desert (Saint Jean Préchant dans le Désert), with arm upraised, surrounded by male and female figures in a rocky setting. 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

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Saint John Preaching in the Desert (Saint Jean Préchant dans le Désert), with arm upraised, surrounded by male and female figures in a rocky setting — Jacques Callot. 1634–35.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: sheet: 2 15/16 x 3 11/16 in. (7.5 x 9.3 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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