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Jacques Callot
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Flemish-French engraver (c.1592–1635)
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Jacques Callot was a male printmaker, painter, etcher, and graphic artist born in Nancy in 1592. He was a citizen of the Duchy of Lorraine and spoke French. His training included studies under Philippe Thomassin, Jacques Bellange, and Israël Henriet. Callot worked in Nancy, Rome, Florence, and Breda, and was sponsored by Cosimo II de' Medici.
He is noted for the work *Les Grandes Misères de la guerre*. His artworks are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Museo del Prado. Callot died in Nancy on 25 March 1635 from stomach cancer, which was a natural cause. He is described in sources such as *Het Gulden Cabinet*, *Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1592
- Died
- 1635
- Works
- 60
Top works
- Radierungen
- Jacqves Callot
- [La grande passion]
- Vita et historia Beatae Mariae Virginis Matris Dei
- Callots Neueingerichtetes Zwergenkabinett
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1592
- Active to
- 1635
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Place of birth
- Nancy
- Place of death
- Nancy
- Occupation
- engraver
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Les Grandes Misères de la guerre
- Student of
- Israël Henriet
- Image
- Jacques Callot.jpg
- Work location
- Breda
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- Commons category
- Jacques Callot
- date of birth
- 1592-03-25
- Commons Creator page
- Jacques Callot
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 1635-03-24
- sponsor
- Cosimo II de' Medici
- has works in the collection
- Het Scheepvaartmuseum
- writing language
- French
- name in native language
- Jacques Callot
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Jacques Callot, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Guatsetto. Mestolino.
[Farmer looking at a village]
[Jesus and the scribes; Il résout la question du tribut à César]
[The Resurrection of Lazarus; Il ressuscite Lazare]
[John the Baptist; Saint Jean-Baptiste]
[Man raising a flag up during a battle]
[Disembarkation of troops; Débarquement de troupes.]
[Claude Deruet; Deruet (Claude), peintre du duc de Lorraine et chevalier de l 'ordre du Portugal]
The Raising of Lazarus
[The beggar with crutches, seen from behind; Le Mendiant aux béquilles coiffé d 'un chapeau]
[The Conversion Pauli; La Conversion de saint Paul]
[Les Bohémiens: La halle; Driving People: Rast at an inn]
[The beggar with the crutches; Le Mendiant aux béquilles coiffé d 'un bonnet]
[The festival in Gondreville; Le jeu de boules; Le bal champêtre; La petite foire; La foire de Gondreville]
Eight beggars
[The card players; Le Brelan, ou l 'Enfant prodigue trompé par une troupe de filous]
[Peasant family with cow; Au pied d 'un arbre fourchu,...]
[Women and a man lying his hat]
[Il Solimano; Acte cinquiéme.]
[The Annunciation; L 'Annonciation]
[peasant woman, seen in profile; Deux figures de la même femme [ée de profile]
[Man watching a party in a public square]
Dressing stem with crutches and wide looped hat
Notice of a mountain fortress by imperial troops
Garden parterre of the castle in Nancy
Les Misères de la guerre
Romantic rich landscape
LA VIE DE L'ENFANT PRODIGVE [Material gráfico]
[El Sitio de Breda] [Material gráfico]
other-sun
[Death of Queen Margaret of Spain; La mort chrétienne de Marguerite rein d 'Espagne]
Arctum iter ast utile
[The Sick; Le Malingreux accroupi]
[Christ on the Mount of Olives]
[Christ before Pontius Pilate; Jésu Christ devant Ponce Pilate]
Bello Sguardo. Couiello