During the devastating Thirty Years' War, printmaker Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635) created one of the most unflinching artistic condemnations of military violence ever produced. His Les Misères et les malheurs de la guerre (The Miseries and Misfortunes of War), also known as the Large Miseries of War, published in 1633, comprises a title page and seventeen conscience-stirring plates that follow soldiers on their journeys from recruits, to marauders, to condemned men. In the second state of the suite, verses composed by Michel de Marolles, abbé de Villeloin (French, 1600–1681), were added below the images. His words complement Callot's imagery, conveying a visceral abhorrence of the soldiers' actions and a conviction that justice demands punishment, whether through execution, victims' revenge, or divine retribution.

All images displayed in this digital exhibition are Open Access.