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• Callot, Jacques — born 1592/93, Nancy, Fr. died March 24, 1635, Nancy French etcher, engraver, and draftsman. He learned the technique of engraving in Rome. In 1612, at the court of the Medici family in Florence, he was employed to make pictorial records of… …   Universalium

• Callot, Jacques — (1592 1635)    engraver, etcher    Born in Nancy, Jacques Callot is considered an important and influential innovator in both the technique and the subject matter of printmaking. He first studied in Italy, where later, as a court printmaker to… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

• Callot, Jacques — (c. 1592 1635)    Leading figure of the school of Nancy on the Lorraine region of France. Callot came from a well to do family that was connected to the ducal court of Lorraine. He was apprenticed to a local goldsmith and, in 1608, he went to… …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• Callot, Jacques — (1592 Nancy 3/24/1635 Nancy) (France)    Etcher, engraver, and draughtsman. A major figure in the Mannerist style, he is considered one the finest printmakers in Western art history. Mainly known for satirical caricatures. Only produced a few… …   Dictionary of erotic artists: painters, sculptors, printmakers, graphic designers and illustrators

• Callot, Jacques — ► (1592 1635) Pintor, dibujante y grabador francés. Trató temas de costumbres y de paisajes. Obras: Los bohemios y Las miserias de la guerra, entre otras. * * * (1592/93, Nancy, Francia–24 mar. 1635, Nancy). Aguafuertista, grabador y dibujante… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• CALLOT, JACQUES —    engraver and etcher, born at Nancy; his etchings, executed many of them at the instance of the Grand duke of Tuscany and Louis XIII. of France, amounted to 1600 pieces, such as those of the sieges of Breda and Rochelle, which are much admired …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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• Callot — Jacques Callot Jacques Callot Portrait de Jacques Callot, d après Van Dyck Naissance 1592 à Nancy Décès 24 mars 1635 à Nancy …   Wikipédia en Français

• Jacques Cahot — Jacques Callot Jacques Callot Portrait de Jacques Callot, d après Van Dyck Naissance 1592 à Nancy Décès 24 mars 1635 à Nancy …   Wikipédia en Français

• Jacques Callot —     Jacques Callot     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jacques Callot     A French etcher, engraver, and painter, b. at Nancy, France, 1592; d. in the same city, 28 March, 1635. His father was Jean Callot, a noble, the herald at arms for Lorraine, who… …   Catholic encyclopedia