Artist
Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635)French, 1592–1635
CultureFrench
Titles
- L’Hopital (The Hospital) (plate 15)
- from the series Les Grandes Misères et Malheus de la Guerre (The Grand Miseries of War)
Date1633
MediumEtching on laid paper, state II/III
DimensionsPlate: 3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (8.2 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 1/2 × 8 7/16 in. (1.2 × 21.4 cm)
Sheet: 1/2 × 8 7/16 in. (1.2 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Leslie and Jack Blanton, Jr., in honor of Dr. Dena M. Woodall
Object number2022.99
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryNone known for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in plate, lower left: Israel ex. cum priuil. Regis.
Recto: Inscribed by Mariette in plate, below image:
Fig. 1 Callot, Plate 15, inscription.
Voyez que c’est du monde et combien de hazars// Persecutent sans fin les enfants du Dieu
See that this is the world and how many dangers// They persecute the children of God without end
Les uns estropiez, se treinent sur la terre//Les autres plus heureux s’esleuent à la guerre
Some cripples drag each other on the ground//Others who are happier go to war
Les uns sur gibet meurent d’un coup fatal// Et les autres s’en vont du camp a l’hôpital
Some on gallows die of a fatal blow //And others leave the camp to the hospital
Recto: Inscribed by Mariette in plate, below image:
Fig. 1 Callot, Plate 15, inscription.
Voyez que c’est du monde et combien de hazars// Persecutent sans fin les enfants du Dieu
See that this is the world and how many dangers// They persecute the children of God without end
Les uns estropiez, se treinent sur la terre//Les autres plus heureux s’esleuent à la guerre
Some cripples drag each other on the ground//Others who are happier go to war
Les uns sur gibet meurent d’un coup fatal// Et les autres s’en vont du camp a l’hôpital
Some on gallows die of a fatal blow //And others leave the camp to the hospital
None known
Catalogue raisonnéMeaume 1860 578; Lieure 1927, 1353, state II/III; Marot; Choné
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