The Firing Squad, plate twelve from The Miseries of War

Art Institute of Chicago

The Firing Squad, plate twelve 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: Those who, in obedience to their evil genius, fail in their duty, use tyranny, take pleasure only in evil and violate reason, and whose treason-filled actions produce a thousand bloody uproars in the camp, are thus chastised and shot.

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