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Etched sheet with four oval panels of saints: an armored archangel over a dragon, a kneeling man before a cross, and an angel guiding a figure.

Saints Michael, Jerome, Wenceslaus and a Guardian Angel, etching

An etching sheet of four oval roundels, each with an inscription and feast date, showing saints. Top right, the armored Archangel Michael stands over a writhing dragon; bottom right, St. Jerome kneels in a rocky landscape before a crucifix.

Artist
Jacques Callot
Date
1632-1636
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2502 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1636.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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