Jacques Callot
The Stake

ArtistFrench, 1592–1635
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Stake
  • from: Les Misères et les Mal-heurs de la Guerre
  • from: The Miseries and Misfortunes of War
Date1633
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches
sheet: 3 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1996.17.13
Non exposé

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Provenance[C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1996.
Exhibition History"Knights in Shining Armor: Myth and Reality, 1450 - 1650," Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, January 28–June 17, 2007.

"The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825," Museum of Fine Arts, February 1–April 26, 2009.

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The Battle
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Recruitment of Troops
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Plundering a Large Farmhouse
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Scene of Pillage
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Distribution of Rewards
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The Peasants Avenge Themselves
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Dying Soldiers by the Roadside
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The Hanging
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The Strappado
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The Firing Squad
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Plundering and Burning a Village
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Destruction of a Convent
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