The Hanging, from Les Grands Misères et Malheurs de la Guerre

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The Hanging, 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 3/16 × 7 5/16 in. (8.1 × 18.6 cm)
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 8 3/4 in. (11.7 × 22.2 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

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

Object number

1982.130K

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Label TextFinally 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.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.