Peasants avenging themselves by attacking soldiers from woods next to a country road. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

  • Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.
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[1730]
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44144i
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The suite of eighteen prints entitled "Miseries and misfortunes of war" (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre) in which soldiers are shown fighting, raping and pillaging and some are subsequently punished or gravely wounded and only few are rewarded for victory, was published by Callot's friend Israël Henriet in 1633

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[Amsterdam] : Leonardus Schenk, [1730]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 7.4 x 18.5 cm

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Apres plusiers degast par les soldats commis a la fin les paisans qu'ils ont pour ennemis ... Lettering continues in French underneath the print describing the event in verse Translation of the poem: After the soldiers have caused considerable destruction, finally the peasants, whom they have treated as enemies, await them in ambush in a secluded place, surprise them, kill them and strip them to their shirts, thus avenging themselves on these unfortunate men for the loss of their property, due solely to them Bears number bottom right : 17

References note

Jules Lieure, Jacques Callot, 8 vols, Paris 1924-1927, nos. 1339-1356

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Wellcome Collection 44144i

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