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Crippled, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching by J. Callot, ca. 1633.
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Crippled, diseased and dying former soldiers lie by the roadside with a priest attending to them. Etching by J. Callot, ca. 1633.

Jacques Callot

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Lettering: Que du pauvre soldat deplorable est la chance! Quant la guerre finit, son malheur recommence ... Israel ex. cum privil reg

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