Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot, at the age of 12 years old, he runs away in Italy with gypsies. Callot returned for the third time to Italy together with an embassy of Duke Henry II to the Holy See. In 1611, Callot entered the workshop of Tempesta, a famous Italian engraver, for three years. In 1614 Callot left Rome for Florence in the service of Cosimo II de Medici. Callot produced drawings and etchings that drew influence from Flemish art and Mannerist works in Roman churches. Callot’s career began in Florence in 1612 when he started work in the Medici court, where he was employed to make pictorial records of entertainments such as fairs and festivals and where he also drew and etched courtiers, beggars and other characters, excelling particularly at caricatures. Returning to his native France in the latter end of his career, Callot’s work became markedly soberer as he documented the horrors of the 30 years of war in his Miseries of War series, which would continue to influence the artistic representation of conflict social injustice into the 19th and 20th Centuries.
17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century European Baroque Antique Jacques Callot
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Early 1700s Dutch Baroque Antique Jacques Callot
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Early 20th Century American Baroque Revival Jacques Callot
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18th Century Swedish Antique Jacques Callot
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Jacques Callot
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Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Jacques Callot
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Jacques Callot
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1670s Dutch Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century Italian Louis XIV Antique Jacques Callot
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Early 18th Century European Rococo Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century European Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century French Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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17th Century European Louis XIII Antique Jacques Callot
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- 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025Jacques Callot was famous for being an artist. In 1611, Callot entered the workshop of Tempesta, a famous Italian engraver, for three years. In 1614, he left Rome for Florence in the service of Cosimo II de Medici. Callot produced drawings and etchings that drew influence from Flemish art and Mannerist works in Roman churches. His independent career began in Florence in 1612 when he started work in the Medici court, where he was employed to make pictorial records of entertainments such as fairs and festivals and where he also drew and etched courtiers, beggars and other characters, excelling particularly at caricatures. Returning to his native France at the latter end of his career, Callot’s work became markedly soberer as he documented the horrors of the 30 years of war in his Miseries of War series, which would continue to influence the artistic representation of conflict and social injustice into the 19th and 20th centuries. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Jacques Callot art.









