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Jacques Callot|François Langlois

Le Serpent (The Serpent), from Lux Claustri ou La Lumière du Cloitre (The Light of the Cloisters), plate 9

1621–35
Etching and letterpress; second state of two (Lieure)
15.3 × 10.9 cm (6 × 4.3 in)

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