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Le Chasse au Cerf (The Stag Hunt), from Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a Florence, Vues de Florence, Paysages d'Italie, et Paysages Définitifs (Landscapes Engraved for Giovanni de'Medici, Landscapes Designed in Florence, Views of Florence, Landscapes of Italy, and Definitive Landscapes)

Jacques Callot French
Dedicatee Don Giovanni de' Medici Italian
Publisher Israël Henriet French

ca. 1618

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Title: Le Chasse au Cerf (The Stag Hunt), from Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a Florence, Vues de Florence, Paysages d'Italie, et Paysages Définitifs (Landscapes Engraved for Giovanni de'Medici, Landscapes Designed in Florence, Views of Florence, Landscapes of Italy, and Definitive Landscapes)

Series/Portfolio: Paysages Gravés pour Jean de Médicis appelées aussi Paysages Dessinés a Florence, Vues de Florence, Paysages d'Italie, et Paysages Définitifs

Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)

Dedicatee: Don Giovanni de' Medici (Italian, 1567 Florence– Murano 1621)

Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590–1661 Paris)

Date: ca. 1618

Medium: Etching; second state of three (Lieure)

Dimensions: Sheet: 6 1/16 x 10 7/8 in. (15.4 x 27.6 cm)
Plate: 4 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (11.7 x 25 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Bequest of Julie Parsons Redmond, 1960

Accession Number: 60.534.37

Chronology

France, 1600-1800 A.D.

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