Jacques Callot
France, b.1592, d.1635
Dévastation d’un monastère
Devastation of a monastery
- 1633
- Etching
- Purchased, 1986
- 83 x 185mm
- 86/44
Location: Burdon Family Gallery
Tags: animals, baskets (containers), buildings (structures), chests (case furniture), horses (animals), landscapes (representations), monasteries (built complexes), monochrome, people (agents), religious buildings, soldiers, text (layout feature), urban landscapes, wars, weapons
In 1633, Louis XIII’s France invaded the Duchy of Lorraine, ravaging its capital Nancy and the surrounding countryside. Callot was born in Nancy, and published his eighteen etching series The Miseries and Misfortunes of War later that year in response to these shocking events.
(Out of Time, 23 September 2023 – 28 April 2024)
Exhibition History
![Andreas Cellarius Hypothesis Ptolemaica Sive Communis Planetarum Motus Per Eccentricos Et Epicyclos Demonstrans [The Ptolemaic Hypothesis or Common Representation Demonstrating the Planetary Motions through Eccentrics and Epicycles] 1661. Hand-coloured engraving. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, William A. Sutton bequest, 2000](/media/cache/05/97/05970cdff0f6b3264062d69bf2aa90f5.jpg)
