A firing squad executing criminal soldiers. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.

  • Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.
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[1730]
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44133i
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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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Ceux qui pour obeir a leur mauvais genie manquent a leur devoir, ... Israel ex. cum privil reg Lettering continues in French underneath the print describing the event in verse Translation of poem: Those, who in obedience to their evil genius, fail in their duty, use tyranny, desire only evil and violate reason, and whose treason-filled actions produce a thousand bloody uproars in the camp, are thus chastised and executed Bears number bottom right : 12

References note

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

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Wellcome Collection 44133i

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