The Hangman's Tree, No. 11 from 'Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre' / Jacques Callot

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Accession Number: 1972/2.363
Title: The Hangman's Tree, No. 11 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: 11 On the plate, lower margin, six verse lines in groups of two disposed from left to right: A la fin ces Voleurs infames et perdus, Comme fruits malheureux à cet arbre pendus Monstrent bien que le crime (horrible et noire engeance) Est luy mesme instrument du honte et de vengeance, Et que c'est le Destin des hommes vicieux D'esprouver tost ou tard la justice des Cieux.
Dimensions: 21.9 cm x 30.6 cm (8 5/8 in. x 12 1/16 in.)
Century: 17th century
Primary Keywords: death; drums; ladders; musical instruments; tent; trees; war; weaponry; weapons
Secondary Keywords: allegory and literature; equipment; equipment by process; hanging; how we live; music; objects; objects we use; plants; rites of passage; supporting equipment; tents; the natural world; tools and equipment
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1361 x 891
File Size: 146 KB
Record: 1972/2.363
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.363/1972_2.363.jpg

In public portfolios: 0 - Peters, f16 - Death in the Western Imagination (19); Apocalypses (201); Death and dying (500); Genocide, Mass violence, and trauma - a study room selection (21); Grant (36); HISTART 102 - Prints (31); Political conflict (54); Social justice (347); UMMA - 02.04.01 - Social Justice and Art in the 15th-17th Centuries (7); War, injury, death (23); War, Trauma, Memory (47); Warfare, combat, battle (154)

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Full citation: "The Hangman's Tree, No. 11 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-2.363/1972_2.363.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.