Small black-and-white etching of a wheeled cannon, cannonballs and a barrel at left, with two plumed soldiers holding pikes and a standard at right.

Military cannon and two soldiers, etching

A small etching shows a wheeled cannon at left, with a stack of cannonballs and a barrel nearby on flat, open ground. Two plumed soldiers carrying pikes and a tall standard pole stand at right, beneath a short Latin caption.

Artist: Jacques Callot
Date: 1635
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 2990 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1635.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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