Frontispiece for Callot's "The Penitents"

Abraham Bosse

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of an ornate plaque with text. The central focus of the image is a plaque that bears the text "Les Penitents et Penitentes par Jacques Callot". The plaque is adorned with elaborately curved designs reminiscent of Baroque architecture, featuring a masked figure and two burning urns flanking the top. At the bottom of the plaque, the words "Avec Privilege du Roy" are inscribed, along with "Israel ex."