Who created "Dying Soldiers by the Roadside"?

Dying Soldiers by the Roadside was created by Gerrit van Schagen after Jacques Callot in c. 1642/1680.

When was "Dying Soldiers by the Roadside" created?

This artwork was created c. 1642/1680.

What medium is "Dying Soldiers by the Roadside"?

Dying Soldiers by the Roadside is etching and engraving on laid paper.

Is "Dying Soldiers by the Roadside" in the public domain?

Yes, Dying Soldiers by the Roadside is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Dying Soldiers by the Roadside

Gerrit van Schagen after Jacques Callot

c. 1642/1680

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 8.2 × 18.4 cm (3 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.) sheet (irreg.): 18 × 29 cm (7 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

Classification

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1974.55.60

Art Historical Context

**Dying Soldiers by theside** is a poignant etching and engraving Dutch artist Gerrit vanagen, created after the influential French printmaker Jacques Callot around 1642–1680. Callot, renowned for his masterful small-scale etchings documenting the horrors of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), this original as part of his seminal series *The Miseries and Misfort of War*. Schagen's faithful reproduction captures the grim reality of battlefield aftermath, showing fallen soldiers abandoned by a roadside amid a landscape of devastation—a stark commentary on war's human toll. The print's modest pla...

Dying Soldiers by the Roadside

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