Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661)
The Hanging, plate eleven from The Miseries of War
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Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661)1633
The Hanging, plate eleven 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 × 18.5 cm (3 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 12 × 22.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Joseph Brooks Fair Fund
Inscribed: Finally these infamous and abandoned thieves, hanging from this tree like wretched fruit, show that crime (horrible and black species) is itself the instrument of shame and vengeance, and that it is the fate of corrupt men to experience the justice of Heaven sooner or later.
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