The Plundering, No. 4 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre' / Jacques Callot

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Accession Number: 1972/2.357
Title: The Plundering, No. 4 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: 4 On the plate, lower margin, six verse lines in groups of two disposed from left to right: Ces courages brutaux dans les hostelleries, Du beau nom de butin couvrent leurs voleries; Ils querelent expres ennemis du repos, Pour ne payer leur hoste, et prennent luspu'aux pots, Ainsi du bien d'autruy leur humeur s'accomode Quand on les a soulez, et servis à leur mode
Dimensions: 21.8 cm x 30.5 cm (8 9/16 in. x 12 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: battle; buildings; military; swords; trees; war
Secondary Keywords: architecture; houses; how we live; objects; people and occupations; plants; the natural world; weaponry
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1437 x 949
File Size: 150 KB
Record: 1972/2.357
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.357/1972_2.357.jpg

In public portfolios: Death and dying (500); War, Trauma, Memory (47); Warfare, combat, battle (154)

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Full citation: "The Plundering, No. 4 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-2.357/1972_2.357.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.