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Frontispiece, plate 1 from "Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre" (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War)

Printer Israël Henriet French
1633
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Frontispiece, plate 1 from "Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre" (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War)
  • Series/Portfolio: Les Misères et les Mal-Heures de la Guerre
  • Artist: Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
  • Printer: Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590–1661 Paris)
  • Date: 1633
  • Medium: Etching; third state of three (Lieure)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (9 x 18.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Edwin De T. Bechtel, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.650.417(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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