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Jacques Callot
The Stake (Le Bucher) 1633
etching
8.3 × 18.7 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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The Stake
(Le Bucher)
1633
plate 13 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series, 1633
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.3 × 18.7 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1351
Printing/Publishing
published by Israel Henriet
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Iſrael ex. Cum Privil. Reg.
printed in ink below image l.l.: Ces ennemis du Ciel qui pechent mil fois / Contre les ſaincts Decrets et les duines Loix
printed in ink below image l.c.: Font gloire mechamment de piller et d'abattre / Les Temples du vray Dieu d'une main idolatre ;
printed in ink below image l.r.: Mais pour punition de les auvoir brulez / Ils font eux meſines enfin aux flammes immolez.
printed in ink below image l.r.: 13.
Accession Number
1278.344-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Military and Warfare Violence
Subjects (specific)
armies burning alive executions (personal life events) fires (events) pikes (spears) suffering Thirty Years' War (European history, 1618-1648) wars
Movements
Baroque