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Jacques Callot

La Mère et ses Trois Enfans (The Mother and her Three Children), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons)

ca. 1623
Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
14 × 9.2 cm (5.5 × 3.6 in)

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