Destruction of a Monastery, No. 6 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre' / Jacques Callot / After

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Accession Number: 1972/2.371
Title: Destruction of a Monastery, No. 6 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: after 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: 6 On the plate, lower margin, six verse lines in groups of two disposed from left to right: Icy par un effort sacrilege et barbare Ces Demons enragez, et d'une humeur avare Pillent, et bruslent tout, abattent les Autels Se moquent du recpect qu'on doit aux immortels, Et tirent des saints lieux les Vierges desolées Quils osent enlever pour estre violées
Dimensions: 14.6 cm x 23 cm (5 3/4 in. x 9 1/16 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: buildings; cart; horses; military; war; weaponry; weapons
Secondary Keywords: animals; architecture; how we live; mammals; objects; people and occupations; smoke; the natural world; transportation; vehicles
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1339 x 847
File Size: 114 KB
Record: 1972/2.371
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.371/1972_2.371.jpg

In public portfolios: Apocalypses (201); War, Trauma, Memory (47); Warfare, combat, battle (154)

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Full citation: "Destruction of a Monastery, No. 6 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre'; Jacques Callot; After." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.371/1972_2.371.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.