Chevaux Courant en Liberté (Horses Running Freely), from "Les Caprices" Series B, The Nancy Set

Jacques Callot French

Dedicatee Lorenzo de' Medici Italian

1617–20

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Title: Chevaux Courant en Liberté (Horses Running Freely), from "Les Caprices" Series B, The Nancy Set
Series/Portfolio: Les Caprices Series B
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
Dedicatee: Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1599–1648 Florence)
Date: 1617–20
Medium: Etching; first state of two (Lieure)
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in. (18.5 x 26.3 cm)
Plate: 2 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. (5.5 x 8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
Object Number: 57.650.300(14)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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