Plundering and Burning of a Village

Artist Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

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

Titles

Plate 7 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 numberPC1999.03.07

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionThree small, shabby, buildings, including a small church at center, are on fire; the smoke billowing up into large clouds filling the sky. In the foreground, people are being tied up and lead away as prisoners, treated in the same manner as their livestock, pictured in the front right. On the ground, slain peasants lay dead, one wife kneeling before her husband, arms flailing in grief.

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