Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4571977
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Sic gemini Proceres, Egmondae Hornaeque sub. Albâ
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
12,3 x 15,9
Details

Cityscape within Brussels depicting the beheading of Egmond and Horne on the Grand Place in Brussels, 5 June 1568. Horne kneels blindfolded, Egmond's body lies under a cloth. Execution on a scaffold surrounded by soldiers from Alva. 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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