# The Slave Market, in 17th-century France

Jacques Callot made this in 1620, aged 28. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: 1620
- Medium: etching on laid paper
- Dimensions: plate: 11.4 × 20.7 cm (4 1/2 × 8 1/8 in.) sheet: 16.1 × 17.3 cm (6 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1969.15.401
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Jacques Callot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/jacques-callot), French, 1592–1635

2 works in the collection.

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