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Jacques Callot|François Langlois

Le Chat Guettant L'Oiseau en Cage (The Cat Watching the Bird in the Cage), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 10

1621–35
Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure)
14.3 × 10.8 cm (5.6 × 4.3 in)

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