Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4631823
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Quis nescit fraudes, in speratosque nefandâ
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
12,4 x 17,1
Details

Engraving of the failed attack by the Malcontents led by Count Rennenberg on the Hanseatic city of Hattem (Gelderland). The attack was thwarted and the traitors taken prisoner, December 18, 1580. Louis and Willem van Montfoort, drost of Hattem, are taken away by soldiers. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. 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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