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The Martyrs of Japan  1628

by Jacques Callot

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Etching This etching by Jacques Callot depicts the martyrs persecuted for their faith in Japan. Over the 16th and 17th centuries several hundred Christians were executed by order of the Japanese government. More information...
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Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington
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