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The Large Miseries of War: Execution on the Wheel

Jacques Callot

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a large, crowded scene of a public execution. A man is being positioned on a wooden wheel-like structure. He has one leg bent at the knee and the other extended, with someone adjusting his position. A man on the right side of the structure appears to be holding something. A large crowd surrounds the scene. In the background, there are buildings with towers. The sky appears cloudy. At the bottom of the image, there are three lines of French text on the left, middle and right.

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1263 × 587 px
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