Attack on the Coach, plate eight from The Miseries of War

Art Institute of Chicago

Attack on the Coach, plate eight 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: In the seclusion of forests and deserted places, quite far from military drill and duties, these infamous thieves lead the life of assassins, and their bloody arm deals only in robbery, so possessed are they with the cruel desire to take travelers’ property and life.

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Object type
AAT300041273

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