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Jacques Callot (c. 1592 - 1635) was a baroque graphics artist, draftsman and printmaker from the Duchy of Lorraine (an independant state on the North-Eastern border with France). He made etchings that chronicled the people and lthe life of his period (soldiers, clowns, drunkards, wanderers, beggars, and various outcasts). These images of people are often contrasted by spectacular landscapes (see, for instance, "The Temptation of St. Anthony"). His skill in shading and his use of different tones were remarkable for the period and he is often compared to Albrecht Dürer. Download high resolution version (977x440, 219 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (977x440, 219 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Events January 30 - The death of Pope Innocent IX during the previous year had left the Papal throne vacant. ... Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint In arts, the Baroque (or baroque) is both a period and the style that dominated it. ... This is about drafting, the art and science of technical drawing. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... The Duchy of Lorraine was an independent state for most of the period of time between 843 to 1739. ... Etching is an intaglio method of printmaking in which the image is incised into the surface of a metal plate using an acid. ... Self-Portrait, 1493, Oil on Canvas Albrecht Dürer (May 21, 1471 - April 6, 1528) was a German painter, wood carver, engraver, and mathematician. ...

Important works include:

• "The Fair at Gondreville (1624)"
• "The Temptation of St. Anthony"

External links

• "Temptation of Saint Anthony" from the Hermitage Museum.
• Jacques Callot on the Internet from Artcyclopedia.