Dying Soldiers by the Roadside, plate sixteen from The Miseries of War
1633
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8.1 × 18.6 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12 × 22.5 cm (4 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
58206
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Inscribed: How lamentable is the luck of the poor soldier! When the war is over, his misfortune starts again. Then he is compelled to go begging, and his poverty arouses the laughter of the peasant, who curses him when he asks for alms and considers it an insult to see before him the object of the afflictions he endures.
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...