Border at lower right: Défaite des Anglais (Defeat of the English), from "Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré" (Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré)
Jacques Callot French
Abraham Bosse French
Not on view
The depiction of the Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré was commissioned by Louis XIII in 1628. The plates depict French victory at the command of Cardinal Richelieu.