Jacques Callot

Abraham Bosse

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a bust portrait of a man in an engraved style. His head and shoulders are visible in profile facing right, with detailed facial features like a moustache, goatee, and wavy hair down to his neck. He wears a period jacket with a prominent collar. The portrait is set in an ornate frame with cherubs and decorative scrollwork. Cherubs hold items like a trumpet, feathers, and stars, and are positioned around the frame. A cherubic figure sits on a skull to the left, and stylized faces are at the bottom. The background has classical architectural elements and a large text panel underneath the bust in French. The composition is detailed in a Baroque style emphasizing its historical and decorative context.