Jacques Callot (1592 - 1635)
LES MOURANTS SUR LE BORD DES ROUTES (People dying by the
side of the road). Lieure 1354ii (of iii). 1633. Plate 16
from the set of eighteen: Les Grandes Misères de
la Guerre (The large set of The Miseries of War).
Etching, 81 x 185 mm plus wide margins, from the first edition
published by Israël Henriet. Very good impression on
thin laid paper with a watermark of a posthorn in a crowned
shield. Generally in good condition, with some pale scattered
foxing mostly in margins.
$500.
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