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Plate 22 from a series of twenty-four copies
Series: Les Mendiants or also called Les Baroni
Signed lower left: Callot fe
Ref. Bibl: Meaume 134-1(3); Lieutenant 1400-1(4); Lieurerie 1927 / Jacques Callot (1298.II)
Meaume 1860 / Research on the life and works of Jacques Callot (105)
Impression in good condition, trimmed to the edge of the plate, formerly restored
From private collection
A copy is held in the collection of the British Museum
Engraver and draftsman, born Nancy.
From 1608-1611 he worked in Rome; in 1612-1621 in Florence, he worked for the Medici; in 1621 he returned to Nancy, where he settled and married. Hugely popular and much copied.
From c. 1620 most of his plates were published by his friend Israel Henriet. 67327021
