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Jacques Callot
The Hanging (La Pendaison) 1633
etching
8.1 × 18.5 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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The Hanging
(La Pendaison)
1633
plate 11 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series, 1633
Medium
etching
Measurements
8.1 × 18.5 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 1349
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.: A la fin ces Voleurs infames and perdus , / Comme fruits malheureux a cet arbre pendus
printed in ink below image l.c.: Monſtrent bien que le crime (horrible et noire engeance) / Eſt luy meſme inſstrument de hont et de vengeance,
printed in ink below image l.r.: Et que ceſt le Deſtin des hommes vicieux / Deſprouver toſt ou tard la iuſtice des Cieux.
printed in ink below image l.r.: 11
Accession Number
1278.346-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Military and Warfare Violence
Subjects (specific)
corpses (bodies) deaths hangings (executions) man-made disasters suffering Thirty Years' War (European history, 1618-1648) trees wars
Movements
Baroque