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Jacques Callot

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)

1616–22
Etching and engraving; first state of two (Lieure)
18.5 × 26.2 cm (7.3 × 10.3 in)

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