Spaanse_Furie_-_De_plundering_van_Mechelen_door_de_hertog_van_Alba_in_1572_(Frans_Hogenberg).jpg
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English:
The sacking and looting of Mechelen by the Spanish troops led by the Duke of Alba, 2 October 1572
Spanish soldiers are depicted wearing characteristic steel murion helmets and breeches with stockings and ribbons, wielding axes and carrying off the possessions of the residents of the city in carts or by hand. In the center foreground a woman stands weeping with her children who reach out to her helpessly while to the viewer's right a Spanish
tercio
stands holding an ewer he has recently stolen. In the background the ordered Spanish troops march over the city's main bridge waving their flags and holding long pikes, all armed with swords. Citizens are shown with their hands empty, arms outstretched and running away.
Nederlands:
De plundering van Mechelen door de hertog van Alba
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Date |
between 1572 and 1590
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1572-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | etching print | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q679527
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Current location |
Prentenkabinet
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Accession number |
BdH 19774 (PK)
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Object history | 1951: bequeathed to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam, by Dr. J.C.J. Bierens de Haan, Amsterdam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
MECHELEN.
7.
Als Bergen ingenomen war, // Khump der von Alba mitt seiner schar // Vor Mechelen eine schone statt // Die der Princs ingenomen hatt, // Zu plunderen auf alsulche weiß // Er gibt sei seinen knechten preiß // Das da khein ordnung wart gehaltten // Dan zu gleich iunge und altten // In großem elend musten leben // Und all ir gutt dem Alba geben // Anno Dni. M. D. LXXII. I. Octo.
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Source/Photographer | Geheugen van Nederland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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