Fire

Plate Ten from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers

Stefano della Bella

Firing the Canon, plate twelve from The Military Exercises

Jacques Callot

The Gunner

Franz Brun

Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she turns her head toward Cupid, who stretches his body away from her, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she turns her head toward Cupid, who stretches his body away from her, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

A mortar and a cannon, both mounted on carriages, a soldier shown from the back stands to the left, from "Equipment needed for Fortification" (Recueil de diverses pièces très nécessaires à la fortification)

Stefano della Bella, Israël Henriet

L'Exercice du Canon: Le Tir (Drill of the Cannon: The Shooting), from "Les Exercices Militaires" (The Military Exercises)

Jacques Callot, Israël Henriet

L'Exercice du Canon: La Preparation (Drill of the Cannon: The Preparation), from "Les Exercices Militaires" (The Military Exercises)

Jacques Callot, Israël Henriet

Loading the Canon, plate eleven from The Military Exercises

Jacques Callot

Preparing to Fire the Canon, plate ten from The Military Exercises

Jacques Callot

Fire, represented by Venus seated before Vulcan's forge, with armor, a cannon, and cannon balls surrounding her, she turns her head toward Cupid, who stretches his body away from her, from "The Elements"

Giulio Carpioni

A mortar without a carriage lying on the ground to the right, soldiers firing cannons creating clouds of smoke in the background, from "Equipment needed for Fortification" (Recueil de diverses pièces très nécessaires à la fortification)

Stefano della Bella, Israël Henriet