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Jacques Callot|Israël Henriet

Plate 7: A town being sacked with church in the background, from 'The Large Miseries of War' (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre)

ca. 1633
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8.7 × 19.4 cm (3.4 × 7.6 in)

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