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Attack on the Coach, plate eight from The Miseries of War by Jacques Callot — VisualArtsDB

Attack on the Coach, plate eight from The Miseries of War

Attack on the Coach, plate eight from The Miseries of War

1633

Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Plate: 8.2 × 18.6 cm (3 1/4 × 7 5/16 in.); Sheet: 11.9 × 22.3 cm (4 11/16 × 8 13/16 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Inscribed: In the seclusion of forests and deserted places, quite far from military drill and duties, these infamous thieves lead the life of assassins, and their bloody arm deals only in robbery, so possessed are they with the cruel desire to take travelers’ property and life.

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