Question

A Jacques Callot (“cah-LOH”) series on this subject includes an etching in which several thieves are strung up on a central tree. For 10 points each:
[10m] Gory execution scenes like This Is Worse appear in a series of Francisco Goya prints depicting what subject’s “disasters”?
ANSWER: war [accept The Disasters of War, Los desastres de la guerra, or The Great Miseries of War, Les Grandes Misères de la guerre]
[10h] Callot etched his prints for The Great Miseries of War into copper plates, meaning they belong to this class of print techniques. This Italian word can also refer to a gemstone that, unlike a cameo, is engraved as a counter-relief.
ANSWER: intaglio (“in-TALL-yo”)
[10e] Callot’s prints were prized by collectors like this artist, who during his lifetime was best known for etchings like the Hundred Guilder Print rather than paintings like The Night Watch.
ANSWER: Rembrandt van Rijn [or Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn]
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