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Jacques Callot

The Battle, plate three from The Miseries of War

1633
Etching on paper
8.2 × 18.6 cm (3.2 × 7.3 in)

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Inscribed: However rough may be the assaults of Mars and the blows that his arm strikes everywhere, that does not shake the invincible courage of those whose valor can combat the storm, and who, in order to win the name of warrior, shed the blood of their enemies for their own glory.

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