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Jacques Callot

Discovery of the Criminal Soldiers, plate nine from The Miseries of War

1633
Etching on paper
8.3 × 18.7 cm (3.3 × 7.4 in)

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Inscribed: After the commission of several low crimes by these good-for-nothing enemies of glory, they are sought everywhere with great diligence, and the camp provost marshal brings them back to quarters to receive, as they deserve, a punishment commensurate with their temerity.

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