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The Peasants Avenge Themselves, plate seventeen from The Miseries of War

1633
Etching on paper
8.2 × 18.7 cm (3.2 × 7.4 in)

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Inscribed: After the soldiers have caused much destruction, finally the peasants, whom they have treated as enemies, await them in ambush in a secluded place, and having killed them by surprise, strip them to their shirts, thus avenging themselves on these unfortunate men for the loss of their property, due solely to them.

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