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Jacques Callot

Plundering a Large Farmhouse, plate five from The Miseries of War

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

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

Inscribed: Here are the fine exploits of these inhuman hearts. They ravage everywhere. Nothing escapes their hands. One invents tortures to gain gold, another encourages his accomplices to perform a thousand heinous crimes, and all with one accord viciously commit theft, kidnapping, murder and rape.

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