Destruction of a Convent, plate six from The Miseries of War
1633
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635) published by Israël Henriet (French, 1590-1661)
France
Inscribed: Here, in a sacrilegious and barbarous action, these maddened, avaricious demons pillage and burn everything, demolishing the altars, laugh at the respect due to the Immortals, and drag from the holy places the disconsolate virgins, whom they dare to carry off to be violated.
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