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Oct 4, 2007

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

The Palace Gardens at Nancy

1625

Jacques Callot

(French, 1592–1635)

France, 17th century

Etching

Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange 1965.232

Catalogue raisonné: Lieure (2) II.64.566

State: I/II

Location

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Description

Callot's etching shows the appearance of the garden at the ducal palace at Nancy in 1625. Female figures carrying baskets on their heads are pictured so that Bellange's etchings of gardeners balancing ornate, fanciful containers must have been based on reality.

See also
Collection: 
PR - Etching
Department: 
Prints
Type of artwork: 
Print
Medium: 
Etching
Credit line: 
Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection by exchange

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