The Hanging, from Les Grands Misères et Malheurs de la Guerre
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Publisher: Israël Henriet (French, ca. 1590-1661)
Date: 1633
Dimensions:
Image: 3 3/16 × 7 5/16 in. (8.1 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. (11.7 × 22.2 cm)
Medium: Etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1982.130K
Label Text:Finally these infamous and abandoned thieves, hanging from this tree like wretched fruit, show that crime (horrible and black species) is itself the instrument of shame and vengeance, and that it is the fate of corrupt men to experience the justice of Heaven sooner or later.
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