Maimed, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

  • Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.
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[1730]
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44143i
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Maimed, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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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Que du pauvre soldat deplorable est la chance! Quant la guerre finit, son malheur recommence ... Israel ex. cum privil reg Lettering continues in French underneath the print describing the event in verse Translation of the poem: How lamentable the lot of the poor soldier! When the war is over, his misfortune starts again. Then he is compelled to bo begging and his poverty arouses the laughter of the peasant, who curses him when he asks for alms and considers it an insult to see before him the object of the sufferings he endures Bears number bottom right : 16

References note

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

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Wellcome Collection 44143i

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