A grateful military leader presenting virtuous soldiers with awards and punishing corrupt soldiers in a ceremony. Etching after J. Callot, ca. 1633.

  • Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635.
Date:
[1730]
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44145i
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The suite of eighteen prints entitled "Miseries and misfortunes of war" (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre) in which soldiers are shown fighting, raping and pillaging and some are subsequently punished or gravely wounded and only few are rewarded for victory, was published by Callot's friend Israël Henriet in 1633

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[Amsterdam] : Leonardus Schenk, [1730]

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 8.4 x 18.8 cm

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Cet exemple d'un chef plein de reconnaissance qui punit les mechans et les bons recompance ... Callot. Israel excudit Lettering continues in French underneath the print describing the event in verse Translation of lettering: This example of a grateful leader who punishes the evil and rewards the good, should prick soldiers with the goad of honor, since all their happiness depends on virtue and they ordinarily receive from via shame, scorn and the most infamous punishment Bears number bottom right : 18

References note

Jules Lieure, Jacques Callot, 8 vols, Paris 1924-1927, nos. 1339-1356

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44145i

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