L'Assault Genéral des Anglais a la Citadelle (The Assault of the English General on the Citadel)
etching, etching
Accession Number
NAM.1979-01-22-1
Description
L'Assault Genéral des Anglais a la Citadelle (The Assault of the English General on the Citadel). Etching by and after Jacques Callot, 1627. 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 illustrate French victory at the command of Cardinal Richelieu.
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