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Jacques Callot

La Vieille aux Chats (The Old Woman with Cats), 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)
13.8 × 8.8 cm (5.4 × 3.5 in)

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