The Plundering of a Farmhouse

Artist Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

Publisher Israël Henriet (French, c. 1590 - 1661)

Titles

Plate 5 from The Miseries of War
Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre

Datec. 1633

MediumEtching

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 x 7 7/16 in. (8.3 x 18.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert and Karen Hoehn

CultureFrench

PortfolioThe Miseries of War

Object numberPC1999.03.05

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionInside the kitchen of a farmhouse, soldiers not only loot the property, but enact terrible violence against the civilians living and working there. A great fire is built outside of the hearth, above which, a man is hung upside down. In the foreground, a soldier is about to murder a man laying on the ground, one arm outstretched trying to defend himself. In the back, soldiers rape a woman pinned to a bed.

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