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The Strappado, 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 9/16 in. (8.3 × 19.2 cm)
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (12.1 × 23.2 cm)
MediumEtching
ClassificationPrints
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1982.130J
Not on View
Label TextIt is not without cause that great captains have well-advisedly invented these punishments for idlers, blasphemers, traitors to duty, quarrelers and liars, whose actions, blinded by vice, make those of others lax and lawless.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.

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