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Soldiers plunder a village
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Soldiers plunder a village

Jacques Callot · 1632 - 1636 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In a village soldiers loot items from houses and load them onto a cart. Villagers are molested. The village church and some houses are on fire. This print is part of a series of six (seven including title print) small prints with depictions of various kinds of miseries that warfare brings with it.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printvillageplundering ~ soldierssoldiers and civilians
Credit lineSoldaten plunderen een dorp. 1632 - 1636. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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