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La Grand Rocher. 1622 - 1628.
Jacques Callot
* c.1592 in Nancy † 1635 in Nancy
Etching. Size of sheet: 19.8 x 27.7 cm.
Watermark: Double C with cross of Lorrain (L. 29).
Literature: Meaume 616;
Lieure 512.
Provenance: with Christopher Mendez, London 1992, cat. n. 20.
Under a banner with a latin motto derived from Horace (Odes 4.IV), four eagles take flight from a rocky island. Below, the coat of arms flanked by garlands of flowers belongs to Charles Joseph de Tornielle, Comte de Brionne.
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