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L'Estropié au Capuchon (The Beggar Wearing a Hood), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

L'Homme Masqué aux Jambes Torses (The Masked Man with Crooked Legs), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Frontispiece, from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Le Bossu a La Canne (The Hunchback with a Cane), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Le Duelliste a L'Épée et au Poignard (The Duelist with a Sword and Daggar), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

La Jouer de Cornemuse (The Bagpipe Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Le Buveur Vu de Dos (The Drinker Seen from Behind), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Le Joeuer de Luth (The Lute Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

Le Jouer de Vielle (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

L'Estropié a la Béquille et a La Jambe de Bois (The Cripple with a Crutch and a Wooden Leg), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelée aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmées, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs)

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Jacques Callot was born in Nancy, Lorraine, now France. He came from an aristocratic family and he writes about his noble status in his print inscriptions. He learned engraving in Rome from an expatriate Frenchman, Philippe Thomassin, and probably, from Antonio Tempesta in Florence where he started to work for the Medici. In 1621, he returned to Nancy where he lived for the rest of his life. Although he remained in Nancy, his prints were distributed through Europe. He developed several technical innovations that enabled etching lines to be etched more smoothly and deeply. Now etchers could do the very detailed work that was previously the monopoly of engravers, and Callot made good use of the new techniques. His multiple innovations also achieved unprecedented subtlety in the effects of distance and light even his prints were relatively small – as much as about six inches or 15 cm on their longest dimension. His most famous prints are his two series of prints each on "the Miseries and Misfortunes of War". These images show soldiers pillaging and burning their way through towns before being arrested and executed by their superiors, lynched by peasants, or surviving to live as crippled beggars.

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jacques callot engraving etching prints estropie bequille jambe la jambe bois cripple crutch wooden leg wooden leg varie figure gobbi varie figure gobbi suite appelee aussi les bossus suite appelee aussi les bossus pygmees les pygmees nains grotesques les nains grotesques various hunchbacks pygmes 17th century french art high resolution ultra high resolution duchy of lorraine sculpture cartoon illustration metropolitan museum of art
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1616 - 1621
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Jacques Callot

Jacques Callot, baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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jacques callot engraving etching prints estropie bequille jambe la jambe bois cripple crutch wooden leg wooden leg varie figure gobbi varie figure gobbi suite appelee aussi les bossus suite appelee aussi les bossus pygmees les pygmees nains grotesques les nains grotesques various hunchbacks pygmes 17th century french art high resolution ultra high resolution duchy of lorraine sculpture cartoon illustration metropolitan museum of art