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Soldiers looting and pillaging an inn in the countryside after they refused to pay for their board and lodging. Etching after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
Lettering: Ces courages bruteaux dans les hosteleries, du beau nom couvrent leurs voleries ... Bears number bottom right : 4. Translation of the poem: These brutal characters cloak their thefts and hostelries with the fair name of booty. Enemies of repose, they purposely pick quarrels to avoid paying the host and seize even the mugs. Thus they take a fancy to other people's property when they have…
Creator
- Jacques Callot
- Jacques Callot
Type of item
- Etchings
Creator
- Jacques Callot
- Jacques Callot
Type of item
- Etchings
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- V0049940FB
Identifier
- V0049940FB
- b1201919
- Iconographic Collection 44106i
- z9skdwqs
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:41:17.856Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:41:17.856Z