Sexual Violence in The Miseries and the Misfortunes of War by Jacques Callot (1633)

The Miseries and the Misfortunes of War (1633) by Jacques Callot is one of the most significant artistic reflections on multiple, fracturing military conflicts in seventeenth-century Europe. In this series of eighteen etchings, the question of wartime sexual violence arises as a part of Callot’s eng...

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Main Author: Knowles, Marika (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2025, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 111-141
Further subjects:B Patriarchy
B Thirty Years War
B Printmaking
B Jaques Callot
B Domestic Interiors
B Gender
B France
B Sexual Violence
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Summary:The Miseries and the Misfortunes of War (1633) by Jacques Callot is one of the most significant artistic reflections on multiple, fracturing military conflicts in seventeenth-century Europe. In this series of eighteen etchings, the question of wartime sexual violence arises as a part of Callot’s engagement with the subject of pillaging soldiers. This is the only time in Callot’s œuvre that he represents rape; it is also the only time that he represents a domestic interior. As this article argues, Callot’s representation of wartime rape reflects increasingly intertwined conceptualizations of the household and female sexuality—and its potential violation.
ISSN:2293-7374
Contains:Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.33137/rr.v48i3.45975