Art Institute of Chicago
Plundering a Large Farmhouse, plate five from The Miseries of War
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
- Date
- 1633
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Inscribed: Here are the fine exploits of these inhuman hearts. They ravage everywhere. Nothing escapes their hands. One invents tortures to gain gold, another encourages his accomplices to perform a thousand heinous crimes, and all with one accord viciously commit theft, kidnapping, murder and rape.
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