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JACQUES CALLOT La Grande Chasse.
Etching, 1619. 196x463 mm; 7 3/4x18 3/4 inches. First state (of 4), with the two birds upper center distinct and separate from the branches of the tree and with the more lightly etched background details distinct. Trimmed on or just inside the plate mark. A brilliant, dark and richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear, consistent with the earliest impressions of this subject.
According to Lieure, extremely scarce in this early first state ("R.R."). Lieure 353.
