Art, literature & history
Small, masked male figure playing a violin, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi'
ca. 1621–25
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Medium
- Etching
- Dimensions
- Plate: 2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (6.4 x 8.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.7 cm)
- Collection no.
- 2012.136.255.13
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jacques Callot. Small, masked male figure playing a violin, 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, masked male figure playing a violin, from the series 'Varie figure gobbi' — Jacques Callot. ca. 1621–25.
Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 2 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. (6.4 x 8.8 cm) Sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (9.6 x 13.7 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.