The family of Jean Calas say goodbye to him as he is taken from prison to be executed. Engraving by D. Chodowiecki after himself.

  • Chodowiecki, Daniel, 1726-1801.
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[1768?]
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37819i
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The family of Jean Calas say goodbye to him as he is taken from prison to be executed. Engraving by D. Chodowiecki after himself. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Jean Calas was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in Toulouse for the alleged murder of his son, and was tortured to death.

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[Berlin?] : [D. Chodowiecki?], [1768?]

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1 print : engraving ; image 29.8 x 42.5 cm

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Les adieux de Calas, à sa famille. Je crains Dieu .... et n'ai point d'autre crainte. Racine Trag. d'Athalie. Inv. peint & gravé par D. Chodowiecki à Berlin 1768.

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[Engelmann's Zweite Platte, state II.2].

References note

Wilhelm Engelmann, Daniel Chodowiecki's sämtliche Kupferstiche, Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1857, pp. 33-36, no. 48 (as "Der grosse Calas"), state II.2 (i.e. with date 1767 changed to 1768)

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Wellcome Collection 37819i

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