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| Type | Period | Country |
| Master etchings - Jacques Callot | Early 17th | France |
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Jacques Callot
(1592-1635)
One of the
earliest great creative artists to practice the graphic arts
exclusively. His career can be divided into two periods: an
Italian period, c. 1609-1621, and a Lorraine period from 1621
until his death. Callot studied under Phillipe Thomasin in Rome.
About 1612 he joined Guilio Parigi in Florence. At that time
Medici patronage expended itself almost exclusively on
"feste," and both Parigi and Callot were employed by
Cosimo II (de Medici) to create visual records of these
entertainments. Callots compositions are organized as if they
were a stage setting and reduced the figures to a tiny scale,
each one being rendered by the fewest possible strokes. This
required an extremely fine etching technique. Callot enjoyed a
lasting popularity all over Europe.
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