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Recruiting soldiers
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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On the left recruits are registered and equipped with weapons. On the right they are paid a sum of money. In the middle and in the background it can be seen how they are trained. On the left in the background the walls of a city. Below the image a six-line French verse. 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 descriptionCredit lineRecruteren van soldaten. 1633. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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