Jacques Callot
The Hanging

ArtistFrench, 1592–1635
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Hanging
  • The Firing Squad
  • from: Les Misères et les Mal-heurs de la Guerre
  • from: The Miseries and Misfortunes of War
Date1633
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate (each): 3 1/4 × 7 1/4 in. (8.3 × 18.4 cm)
Sheet (each): 3 3/4 × 7 7/8 in. (9.5 × 20.1 cm)
Frame: 17 5/8 × 14 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (44.7 × 37.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object numberBF.1996.17.11,.12
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Provenance[C.G. Boerner, Inc., New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1996.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Plains of Mars: European War Prints, 1500-1825," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Millennium Gallery, February 1 - April 26, 2009.

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Etching
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Plundering and Burning a Village
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Etching
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Plundering a Large Farmhouse
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Etching
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Discovery of the Criminal Soldiers
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1633
Etching
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1633
Etching
BF.1996.17.13,.14
from: Les Misères et les Mal-heurs de la Guerre
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1633
Etching
BF.1996.17.15,.16
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Etching
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The Hanging
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Etching
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Etching
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Etching
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