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-'''Jacques Callot''' (c. [[1592]] - [[1635]]) was a [[baroque]] [[printmaker]] and [[drawing|draftsman]] from the [[Duchy of Lorraine]] (an independent state on the North-Eastern border with France). He is an important figure in the development of the [[old master print]]. He made over 1,400 brilliantly detailed [[etching]]s that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background. +'''Jacques Callot''' (c. [[1592]] - [[March 28]], [[1635]]) was a [[baroque]] [[printmaker]] and [[drawing|draftsman]] from the [[Duchy of Lorraine]] (an independent state on the North-Eastern border with France). He is an important figure in the development of the [[old master print]]. He made over 1,400 brilliantly detailed [[etching]]s that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.
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Jacques Callot (c. 1592 - March 28, 1635) was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independent state on the North-Eastern border with France). He is an important figure in the development of the old master print. He made over 1,400 brilliantly detailed etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.



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