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The firing squad: AD.3.52-402

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The firing squad
De droeve ellendigheden van de Oorloogh (Les misères et les malheurs de la guerre)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Schagen, Gerrit Lucasz. van
Draughtsman: Callot, Jacques (After)

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

17th Century#
Production date: AD 1633

Note

Plate 12 from a set of copies after Jacques Callot. Lettered with the same publication detail, plate number and three columns of verses in French as Callot's plate.

School or Style

Dutch

Techniques used in production

Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.3.52-402
Primary reference Number: 194262
Meaume: 575 copy
Lieure: 1350 copy 4
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 8

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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