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Plundering and burning a village

Plundering and burning a village
(Pillage et l’incendie d’un village)
 1633
plate 7 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series, 1633

Medium
etching
Measurements
8.4 × 18.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1345 ii/iii
Edition
2nd of 3 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Israel Henriet
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Israel ex. Cum Privil. Reg.
printed in ink below image l.l.: Ceux que Mars entreient de ſes actes meſchans / Accommodentainſi les pauvres gens des champs
printed in ink below image l.c.: Ils les font priſonniers iols bruſlent leurs villages, / Et fur le beſtail meſme exercent des rauages,
printed in ink below image l.r.: Sans que la peur des Loix non plus que le deuor, / Ny les pleurs et les cris les puißent eßmoumoir
printed in ink below image l.r.: 7
Accession Number
1278.343-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Military and Warfare Violence
Subjects (specific)
armies destruction (process) fires (events) looting (social issue) man-made disasters suffering Thirty Years' War (European history, 1618-1648) wars
Movements
Baroque