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Attack on a road

Attack on a road
(L'Attaque sur la Route)
 published (1636)
plate 2 from Les Petites Misères de la guerre (The small miseries of war) series 1636

Medium
etching
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching
Measurements
5.6 × 11.5 cm (image) 5.8 × 11.7 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1334 ii/ii
Edition
2nd of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Israël Henriet, Paris
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 2. Iſrael excud. cum priuil. Reg.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: 2.
Accession Number
2221.2-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1950
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Gallery location
Not on display

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