Border at Lower Right: Défaite des Anglais (Defeat of the English), from an etching on six plates of a central battle scene framed by ten additional plates, entitled Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré (Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré)

Jacques Callot|Abraham Bosse

1628–31 · Etching; third state of three (Lieure) · Drawings and Prints

Border at Lower Right: Défaite des Anglais (Defeat of the English), from an etching on six plates of a central battle scene framed by ten additional plates, entitled Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré (Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré) — Jacques Callot|Abraham Bosse

The depiction of the Siege of the Citadel of St. Martin on the Île de Ré was commissioned by Louis XIII in 1628. The plates depict French victory at the command of Cardinal Richelieu.

Artist: Jacques Callot|Abraham Bosse
Date: 1628–31
Medium: Etching; third state of three (Lieure)
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985