Jacques Callot

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Jacques Callot
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Jacques Callot

French etcher, engraver, and draftsman, 1592–1635
BiographyJacques Callot was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine. He is an important person in the development of the old master print. He made more than 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Romani, beggars, as well as court life.
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  • Nancy
  • Nancy
  • engravers (printmakers)
  • male