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The Wheel

The Wheel
(La Roue)
 1633
plate 14 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series, 1633

Medium
etching
Measurements
8.4 × 18.6 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1352
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.: L'oeil touſiours furueillant de la duine Aſtrée / Bannit entierement le dueil d'une contrée
printed in ink below image l.c.: Lors que tenant l'Eſpée, et la Balance en main / Elle iuge et punit le voleur inhumain ,
printed in ink below image l.r.: Qui guette les paßans, les meurtrit, et ſén ioüe, / Puis luy meſme deuient le ioüet d'une roüe.
printed in ink below image l.r.: 14
Accession Number
1278.345-3
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 breaking wheels executions (personal life events) suffering Thirty Years' War (European history, 1618-1648) torture device torturing wars
Movements
Baroque