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

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The Wheel, 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

1982.130N

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Label TextThe ever-watchful eye of divine Astraea [Justice] completely banishes mourning from a region when, holding the sword and scales in her hands, she judges and punishes the inhuman thief who lies in wait for peasants, murders them and toys with them, then becomes himself the plaything of the wheel.Published ReferencesSee 1982.130 AExhibition HistoryTMA: Disasters of War, July 13 - October 21, 200 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.