Plundering a Large Farmhouse, plate five from The Miseries of War

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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Object type
AAT300041273

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