Destruction of a Convent

Artist Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

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

Titles

Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre
Plate 6 from The Miseries of War

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 numberPC1999.03.06

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionIn the foreground, troops seize people and property, including the evicted nuns on the lower left. In the background, the church's roof is being consumed by fire, as soldiers exit its doors carrying out a trunk. All around, soldiers pillage the rest of the town, whose open gates can be seen in the back right.

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