May Day Celebrations at Xeuilley, ca. 1624–25, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, sheet: 7 x 13 1/16 in. (17.8 x 33.2 cm), Drawings, Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy), Born in the Duchy of Lorraine, Callot spent his formative years at the Medici court in Florence where he recorded elaborate court pageants and festivals in an elegant Mannerist style. Following the death of Cosimo de’Medici in 1621, he returned to Nancy where he embarked upon a successful career as a printmaker, treating a wide range of subjects from the court to the countryside, from military battles to biblical scenes
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Day Celebrations, Xeuilley, ca, 1624–25, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, sheet, 7 x 13 1/16, 17.8 33.2 cm, Drawings, Jacques Callot, French, Nancy, 1592–1635, Born, Duchy, Lorraine, Callot spent, formative years, Medici court, Florence, recorded elaborate, pageants, festivals, elegant Mannerist, style, Following, death, Cosimo de’Medici, 1621, returned, embarked upon, successful career, printmaker, treating, wide range, subjects, court, countryside, military battles, biblical scenes
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