Penimal measures: The stake, Jacques Callot, 1633 print In an open space near a church and a few houses on fire, many soldiers watch how a man, bound by a pole, dies on a stake. Under the show a six -line French verse. This print is part of a series of 17 (18 incl. Title print) prints with performances of various types of misery that warfare entails. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching execution ~ military disciplinary punishment. violent death by burning at the stake; pyre. church (exterior)

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