Plundering and Burning a Village, from Les Grands Misères et Malheurs de la Guerre

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Plundering and Burning a Village, from Les Grands Misères et Malheurs de la Guerre

Artist Jacques Callot French, 1592-1635

Publisher Israël Henriet French, ca. 1590-1661

Date1633

DimensionsImage: 3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (8.3 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (12.1 × 22.5 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1982.130G

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Published ReferencesSee 1982.130AExhibition HistoryTMA: Disasters of War, July 13 - October 21, 2001 TMA Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, & llustrated Books Jan. 22, - June 24, 1983. TMA, The Dramatic Image: Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, February 25 - July 31, 2011.Label TextThose whom Mars supports with his evil deeds, serve in this manner the poor country people. They take them prisoner, burn their villages and even wreak havoc on their livestock. Neither fear of the Commandments, nor sense of duty, nor tears and cries can move them.