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François Langlois|Jacques Callot

Le Serpent (The Serpent), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 9

1621–35
Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
6.6 × 9.3 cm (2.6 × 3.7 in)

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