Jacques Callot
Destruction of a Convent

ArtistFrench, 1592–1635
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Destruction of a Convent
  • from the series The Miseries of War (large format)
Date1633
MediumEtching on laid paper, state I/II
DimensionsSheet: 3 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (8.7 × 19.4 cm)
Plate or block: 3 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (8.3 × 18.7 cm)
Mount: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (42.2 × 52.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marjorie G. and Evan C. Horning
Object number85.439.2
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: Jacques Callot's "The Miseries of War," The Menil Collection, Houston TX,, 21 Oct 1988 - Jan. 22, 1989(LN:88.34)
Catalogue raisonnéM. 569; L. 1344

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