Jacques Callot

Le Halte des Bohémiens: Les Apprêts du Festin (The Gypsy Stopover: The Preparations for the Feast) , from Le Bohémiens, série appelée aussi Les Égyptiens, La Marche des Bohémiens, La Vie Errante des Bohémiens, Les Marches Égyptiennes (The Gypsies, series also called The Egyptians, The Gypsy Troops, The Wandering Lives of Gypsies, The Egyptian Troops)

early 17th century
Etching and engraving; second state of two (Lieure)
18.5 × 26.7 cm (7.3 × 10.5 in)

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