Distribution of Rewards, plate eighteen from The Miseries of War
1633
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8.2 × 18.8 cm (3 1/4 × 7 7/16 in.); Sheet: 12.1 × 22.6 cm (4 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23131
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Inscribed: This example of a grateful leader who punishes evil and rewards the good, should prick soldiers with the goad of honor, since all their happiness depends on virtue and they ordinarily receive from vice shame, scorn and the extreme penalty.
About the Artist
Jacques Callot · 1592–1635
Jacques Callot (1592–1635) was a French printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine, widely regarded as one of the first great artists to practice the graphic arts exclusively. His more than 1,400 etchings chronicled the breadth of 17th-century life, from Medici court festivities to the brutal realities of warfare. Callot revolutionized etching through technical innovations including the é...