The Wheel, No. 14 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre' / Jacques Callot

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Accession Number: 1972/2.366
Title: The Wheel, No. 14 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.l.: Israel ex. Cum Privil. Reg. On the plate, lower right margin: 14 On the plate, lower margin, six verse lines in groups of two disposed from left to right: L'oeil tousiours surveillant de la divine Astrée Bannit entierement le dueil d'une contrée Lorsque tenant l'Esprée, et la balance en main Elle iuge et punit le voleur inhumain, Qui guette les passants, les meurtrit, et s'en ioüe, Puis luy mesme devient le iouât d'une roüe.
Dimensions: 21.3 cm x 30.8 cm (8 3/8 in. x 12 1/8 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: death; drums; fences; horses; musical instruments; tower; weaponry; weapons; wheel
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; animals; architecture; audiences; clubs; how we live; mammals; music; objects; rites of passage; the natural world; tools
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1333 x 881
File Size: 125 KB
Record: 1972/2.366
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.366/1972_2.366.jpg

In public portfolios: Apocalypses (201); Death and dying (500); Grant (36); HISTART 102 - Prints (31); War, Trauma, Memory (47); Warfare, combat, battle (154)

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Full citation: "The Wheel, No. 14 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-2.366/1972_2.366.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.