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Le Barbarie del mondo
Le barbarie del mondo, by Hieronymous Porro (fl 1574-1604), depicts Italian street people collected under the unkind general heading of "barbarism of the world". I misread the description of the actions of the people in the print (found at the…
Baenkelsaenger
Bänkelsänger in Basel, in front of the "Wirtshaus zur Henne" on the Nadelberg. The sung pictures show the earthquake of Basel 1356 and the floods in Hölstein 1830.
Murder of William of Orange
Prince William of Orange was assassinated by a Jesuit named Balthasar Gérard (1557-1584).
Hinrichtung Peter Stump (Execution of Peter Stump)
This woodcut shows the 'breaking wheel' as it was used in Germany in the Middle Ages. The exact date is unknown, as is the creator, but it depicts the execution of Peter Stumpf in Cologne in 1589. This form of punishment was most common during the…
L’Estrapade (The Strappado), plate 10 from the suite Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war).
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
L’Arquebusade (The firing squad), plate 12 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series.
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
La Pendaison (The hanging), plate 11 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series.
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
Le Bûcher (The Stake), plate 13 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series.
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
La Roue (The Wheel), plate 14 from Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The miseries and misfortunes of war) series.
Callot has always been regarded as one of the exceptional artists of his time, although he never made any paintings; he worked exclusively as a printmaker and produced more than 1400 plates, almost all of which he designed and which earned him…
Hell Broke Loose, or, The Murder of Louis
Satire on the execution of Louis XVI; the king kneeling under the guillotine operated by two winged devils; Abbé Edgeworth kneeling in front of him, with crucifix and prayer's book; angel playing trumpet among clouds surrounded by devils flying…
Kommt her zu mir spricht Gottes Sohn
This melody is a contrafact of the secular song Es ist nicht lang, daß es geschah (“It’s not long ago that this happened”) also known or identified as the Lindenschmied-Weise (either ‘Mr. Lindenschmied’s melody’ or ‘the tune sung by the blacksmith…
