Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661)
Destruction of a Convent, plate six from The Miseries of War
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Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661)1633
Destruction of a Convent, plate six from The Miseries of War
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635) published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661) →etchingprint
Date
1633
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8.2 × 18.6 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12 × 22.4 cm (4 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joseph Brooks Fair Fund
Inscribed: Here, in a sacrilegious and barbarous action, these maddened, avaricious demons pillage and burn everything, demolishing the altars, laugh at the respect due to the Immortals, and drag from the holy places the disconsolate virgins, whom they dare to carry off to be violated.
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