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The Palace Gardens at Nancy by Jacques Callot — VisualArtsDB

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

1625

Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Plate, sheet trimmed: 25.4 × 38.2 cm (10 × 15 1/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingetchingpaper (fiber product)

About

Callot drew much of his inspiration directly from nature, but occasionally he altered its form according to artistic principles, personal knowledge of the locale, and his own fancy. This particular print represents Nancy, his native town in Lorraine.

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