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Soldiers plunder a monastery
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Soldiers plunder a monastery

Jacques Callot · 1633 · etching; paper

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

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On a monastery grounds soldiers loot items from buildings and load them onto a cart. Nuns and monks are taken prisoner. The monastery church is on fire. Below the image a blank margin. This print is part of a series of 17 (18 including title print) prints with depictions of various kinds of miseries that warfare brings with it.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printplundering ~ soldiersDertigjarige oorlog
Credit lineSoldaten plunderen een klooster. 1633. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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