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Jacques Callot

The marching gypsies: the rear guard (Les bohémiens en marche: l'arrière-garde), also called The Departure (Le départ), from the series "The Gypsies' (Les bohémiens)

ca. 1592–1635
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12.4 × 23.8 cm (4.9 × 9.4 in)

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