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Captain of the Barons, frontispiece to The Beggars by Jacques Callot — VisualArtsDB

Captain of the Barons, frontispiece to The Beggars

Captain of the Barons, frontispiece to The Beggars

1617–1627

Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 14.4 × 9.3 cm (5 11/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Sheet: 14.6 × 9.5 cm (5 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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