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The Battle, plate three from The Miseries of War by Jacques Callot — VisualArtsDB

The Battle, plate three from The Miseries of War

The Battle, plate three from The Miseries of War

1633

Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Plate: 8.2 × 18.6 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 22.4 cm (4 11/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Inscribed: However rough may be the assaults of Mars and the blows that his arm strikes everywhere, that does not shake the invincible courage of those whose valor can combat the storm, and who, in order to win the name of warrior, shed the blood of their enemies for their own glory.

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