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The Hanging

The Hanging
(La Pendaison)
1633
plate 11 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series, 1633

Medium
etching
Measurements
8.1 × 18.5 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1349
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.: A la fin ces Voleurs infames and perdus , / Comme fruits malheureux a cet arbre pendus
printed in ink below image l.c.: Monſtrent bien que le crime (horrible et noire engeance) / Eſt luy meſme inſstrument de hont et de vengeance,
printed in ink below image l.r.: Et que ceſt le Deſtin des hommes vicieux / Deſprouver toſt ou tard la iuſtice des Cieux.
printed in ink below image l.r.: 11
Accession Number
1278.346-3
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)
corpses (bodies) deaths hangings (executions) man-made disasters suffering Thirty Years' War (European history, 1618-1648) trees wars
Movements
Baroque