Even in his youth, Jacques Callot was a restless spirit. His hometown of Nancy was still an insignificant provincial town that still had its great heyday ahead of it. Twice he left his parents' home in order to be able to realize his dream of becoming an artist somewhere else. Remorsefully, he returned home each time and began an apprenticeship as a goldsmith. No sooner had this been completed than he was drawn to faraway Rome. He got a job with Philippe Thomassin, one of the most renowned engravers of his time, like Jacques Callot a migrant from the east of France. He learned quickly and much, but Rome was not the hub of the artistic world in the 17th century and he sought a new challenge in Florence. There he refined his etching technique in the workshops and studios of local masters Giulio Parigi and Antonio Tempestas.
No less a person than the legendary Cosimo II de' Medici encouraged the young talent from Nancy. Jacques Callot received an abundance of commissions from the famous princely house and earned very, very much money for the time. He was allowed to work completely freely and looked for his own motifs. He was particularly interested in the little people. He created scenes from the everyday life of the peasants from the surrounding area and the officials at the Medicis court. He dedicated numerous works to the actors and singers of the commedia dell'arte. After Cosimo's death, Jacques Callot was drawn back to his hometown of Nancy. The move from warm Italy to the sunless north seems to have weighed heavily on the artist at first. In the first period after his arrival, he did not create anything new, but merely produced new editions of his old motifs. It was to take two long years before he finally attracted attention at the court of the Lorraine duke Henry II. He documented the festivities at court in detailed etchings, created lifelike portraits of nobles, enchanting landscapes and milieu studies. Word of his talent spread, and both the French and Spanish royal families were among his clients in the years that followed. During that time, he also created probably his best-known and most famous etchings, which as Les misères de la guerre ( in German: Die Gräuel des Krieges) were to take a firm place in European art history.
Almost nothing is known about the personal life of the artist Jacques Callot. Whether he had affairs, was married and had children remains in the dark. Perhaps he was what today would be called a "nerd". A perfectionist who invented new etching tools, successfully sought out new printing techniques, and became completely absorbed in his vocation. The famous Rembrandt van Rijn collected many prints by Jacques Callot. The Dutch painter himself is considered a master of printmaking and admired the sophisticated work of his contemporary. In particular, the masterful depiction of perspectives and the distinctive light-dark depictions fascinate all experts to this day. Jacques Callot died at the age of only 43. Around 180 years later, the poet Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E-T.A.) Hoffmann created a literary monument to the artist he admired in his work "Fantasiestücke".
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_1631_-_(MeisterDrucke-674074).jpg "Saint Matthias from The Large Apostles, 1631 by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Soldier with Feathered Hat by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of the Apostles: St. Matthias by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The temptation of Saint Anthony the Great. Painting by Jacques Callot by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Temptation of Saint Anthony (first version) by Jacques Callot")
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_La_Luxure_(Lust)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1337474).jpg "The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust by Jacques Callot")
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_L_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347839).jpg "The Seven Deadly Sins: L by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "St. Castorius; St. Carpophorus & The Four Crowned Martyrs; Commemoration of the Image by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Envy by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Strappado, plate 10 from")
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.jpg "The Torture of the Gallows (Les miseres et les mal-heures de la guerre, pl. 11) by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Officer with Feathers in Cap, Seen from Behind by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Pasquariello Truonno and Meo Squaquara by Jacques Callot")
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_illustration_from_Les_Grandes_misres_de_la_guerre_(The_-_(MeisterDrucke-1448848).jpg "The Strapado, illustration from The Large Miseries of War by Jacques Callot")
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_from_The_Miseries_of_War_-_(MeisterDrucke-896840).jpg "The Hospital, from")
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_L_-_(MeisterDrucke-1337426).jpg "The Seven Deadly Sins: L by Jacques Callot")
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_La_Paresse_(Sloth)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334493).jpg "The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Blind Beggar and Companion by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Title Page for \"The Life of the Virgin in Emblems\" by Jacques Callot")
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_from_The_Miseries_of_War_-_(MeisterDrucke-908991).jpg "Attack on a Coach, from")
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.jpg "The Captain, or The Lover by Jacques Callot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1423326).jpg "Temptation of St Anthony by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Peasants")
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.jpg "Frontispiece of the Holy Apocatastase by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Donato Dell")
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.jpg "First Intermezzo of the Veglia of the \"Liberation of Tyrsenus and Arnea\" by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Beggars: Beggar on Crutches, Wearing a Hat, c. 1623 by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Second Version) by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Martyrdom of Saint Thaddeus, plate twelve from The Martyrdoms of the Apostles by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Death by the Roadside, plate 16 from")
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.jpg "The Beggars: Beggar on Crutches with a Bag by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Three Women, One Holding a Child, probably 1634 by Jacques Callot")
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_illustration_from_Les_G_-_(MeisterDrucke-1448846).jpg "Discovery of the Malefactors, illustration from The Large Miseries of War by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Solimano, Act IV by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Cross-Section of a Church by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Death of the Queen by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Beggar on Crutches and Wearing a Hat, seen from Back, plate five from The Beggars by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Large Miseries of War: Execution on the Wheel by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Large Miseries of War: Execution on the Wheel by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Temptation of St. Anthony by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Franca Trippa and Fritellino by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Mysteries of the Passion: The Presentation in the Temple by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Narcissus Looking in the Water by Jacques Callot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1585197).jpg "The Life of the Prodigal Son (engraving) by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Storm off the Coast of Barcelona by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Piazza della Signoria, Florence by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Woman Beggar with a Rosary, plate seven from The Beggars by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Pillaging of an Inn, plate 4 from")
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_from_The_Miseries_of_War_-_(MeisterDrucke-899264).jpg "Devastation of a Monastery, from")
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.jpg "The Beggar with a Footwarmer, plate six from The Beggars by Jacques Callot")
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_1631_-_(MeisterDrucke-674087).jpg "Saint James the Less (The Large Apostles) by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Saints and saints hurrying at the door of Paradise - composition and engraving by Jacques Callot (1592-1635) by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Unarmed Drill by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Bello Sguardo and Coviello by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Cross-Section of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Conversion of St. Paul by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Large Miseries of War: Title Page by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Taking the Firing Position with the Musket, Plate Eight from The Military Exercises by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Penitents: Frontispiece by Abraham Bosse")
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.jpg "The Descent from the Cross by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Wheel, plate 14 from")
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.jpg "A Haywain Being Brought to the Medieval Gate of a Village, a Man Lopping a Branch, from an Album Belonging to Israel Silvestre, c.1630 by Jacques Callot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1094148).jpg "The bridge of the Gaucheu at Epinal by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Man Preparing to Draw his Sword by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Wheel by Jacques Callot")
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_illustration_from_Les_Grandes_mis_-_(MeisterDrucke-1450939).jpg "Enrolling the Troops, Illustration from The Large Miseries of War by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "St. Phocas, St. Theophilus, St. Conon, Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "One of the Infantry Combats by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Assault on the Outer Forts of Bone by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Accursio by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Promenade by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Noble Man Wrapped in a Mantle Trimmed with Fur by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Cicho Sgarra - Collo Francisco, plate 6 from Balli di Sfessania by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Conversion of Saint Paul by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Beggars: Beggar with Wooden Leg by Jacques Callot")
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_from_The_Miseries_of_War_-_(MeisterDrucke-898372).jpg "The Revenge of the Peasants, from")
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.jpg "St. Flavian; St. Victoria; St. Servulus; St. Tharsilla by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Frontispiece for the Miracles and Graces of Our Lady of \"Bon-Secours-les-Nancy\" by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Restoration of the Duomo, Florence by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "L by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Eagle Losing an Old Feather, 1628 by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Miseries of War, No. 11. The Hanging by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Lute Player by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Captain or The Lover, from Three Italian Comedians by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Saint Paul by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Combat at the Barrier, Entry of His Highness on Foot by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War - Set of 18 Etchings by Jacques Callot")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1582669).jpg "The Miseries and Misfortunes of War by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Restoration of the Aqueduct at Pisa by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "Solimano, Act II by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Siege of La Rochelle: Plate 12 by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "The Martyrdom of the Apostles: St. James the Less by Jacques Callot")
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.jpg "A Beggar and a Hurdy-Gurdy Player by Jacques Callot")
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