Dying Soldiers by the Roadside

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Jacques Callot

Associated Names
Jacques Callot

Artist, French, 1592 - 1635

The image depicts a street view with various figures engaged in different activities, captured from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon is high in the sky with minimally detailed clouds. The artwork uses intricate line work and cross-hatching techniques for texture and depth in architectural details and foliage. The color palette is monochromatic with strong contrasts of dark and light, typical of an etching or ink drawing. People interact near a thatched structure in the foreground, while further back, buildings, trees, and more figures populate the scene, creating depth and narrative movement.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John E. Stocker

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.2 x 18.6 cm (3 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 15 x 27.6 cm (5 7/8 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.125.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lieure, no. 1354, State ii/iii

  • Series Title

    The Large Miseries of War (plate 16)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Stocker, Arlington, VA; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1924

  • Lieure, J. Jacques Callot. 5 vols. Paris: Editions de la Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1924-1927. Reprint. 8 vols. New York: Collectors' Editions, 1969.

Inscriptions

lower right in image: Israel ex. Cum privel. Reg / Que du pauvre soldat déplorable est la chance!... / ... De voir l'obiet presant des peines quel endure. 16.; by later hand, upper left verso: P1237

Wikidata ID

Q76342643

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