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Scene of Pillage, plate four from The Miseries of War by Jacques Callot — VisualArtsDB

Scene of Pillage, plate four from The Miseries of War

Scene of Pillage, plate four from The Miseries of War

1633

Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Plate: 8.2 × 18.7 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12.1 × 22.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Inscribed: These brutal courageous ones hide their thefts at hostelries with the honored name of booty. Enemies of repose, they purposely pick quarrels to avoid paying the host, and seize even the mugs. Thus they take a fancy to other people’s property when they have been made drunk and served as they desired.

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