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The engravings, printed in 1622, show a troupe of grotesque dwarf entertainers known as Les Gobbi, who performed in Italy for the Medici Court while Callot was working there. Dwarfs would have been regarded as amusing, and a troupe that sang and danced would have been a great novelty in the 17th century.\r\n\r\nBorn in Nancy, in Lorriane, Jacques Callot studied art and printmaking in Italy and later worked under the direct patronage of the Medicis in Florence, where he established his reputation as a fine print artist. Callot was a master of expressing the horrors and joys of 17th century life and was popular all over Europe.  He returned to Nancy in 1621 after the death of Cosimo Medici and is perhaps best known today for his fine series of engravings of Commedia dell'Arte characters, many of whom were also later copied for ceramics.","physicalDescription":"Multi-coloured glazed porcelain figure of a masked dwarf musician plucking a violin. 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