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Jacques Callot|Lorenzo de' Medici

Le Commandant a Cheval (The Commander on Horseback), from Les Caprices Series B, The Nancy Set

1617–20
Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
18.5 × 26 cm (7.3 × 10.2 in)

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