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Jacques Callot|François Langlois

Le Paysan Frappant son Ane (The Peasant Striking his Donkey), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 25

1621–35
Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
5.6 × 8 cm (2.2 × 3.1 in)

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