Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre' / Jacques Callot

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Accession Number: 1972/2.358
Title: Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'
Artist: Jacques Callot
Artist Nationality: French
Artist Life Dates: 1592/3-1635
Medium and Support: etching on paper
Object Creation Date: 1633
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift for The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
Inscription: On the plate, l.r.: Israel ex Cum Privil Reg On the plate, lower right margin: 5 On the plate, lower margin, six verse lines in groups of two disposed from left to right: Voyla les beaux exploits de ces coeurs inhumains Ils ravagent partout rien n'echappe à leur mains L'un pour avoir de l'or, invente des supplices L'autre à mil forfaicts anime ses compliées Et tout d'un mesme accord commettent méchamment Le vol, le rapt, le meurte, et la violement
Dimensions: 8.7 cm x 19.2 cm (3 7/16 in. x 7 9/16 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: barrels (containers); battle; dishes; farm; figures; interiors; ladders; war; weaponry; weapons; women
Secondary Keywords: containers; containers by form; equipment; equipment by process; genres; hanging; how we live; objects; objects we use; people and occupations; supporting equipment; tools and equipment; vessels
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1305 x 617
File Size: 130 KB
Record: 1972/2.358
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.358/1972_2.358.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); Genocide, Mass violence, and trauma - a study room selection (21); Medieval and Early Modern representations of women (40); War, injury, death (23); War, Trauma, Memory (47); Warfare, combat, battle (154)

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Full citation: "Plundering of a Farm, No. 5 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.358/1972_2.358.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.