Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4571383
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Ingratis servire nefas, spondentibus ultro
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
12,4 x 15,7
Details

View of the city of Antwerp, with in the foreground an image of the betrayal of Ladron: capture of the German soldiers outside Antwerp, by order of Count Alberik of Ladron who had previously been taken hostage by these soldiers, September 1570. The German mercenaries are surrounded by Spanish troops. In the background the city of Antwerp with on the left a small scene of the execution of some soldiers in the citadel. Copper engraving, published in the famous book by Willem Baudartius (1565-1640) 'Les Guerres De Nassau, (...)', Amsterdam, Michel Colin de Thovoyon, 1616.

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