The Firing Squad, plate twelve from The Miseries of War
1633
Medium
Etching on paper
Dimensions
Plate: 8.1 × 18.7 cm (3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 12 × 22.3 cm (4 3/4 × 8 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23115
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Inscribed: Those who, in obedience to their evil genius, fail in their duty, use tyranny, take pleasure only in evil and violate reason, and whose treason-filled actions produce a thousand bloody uproars in the camp, are thus chastised and shot.
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...