Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4738041
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Hic AGGER medius quinos devisit et Urbem
Artist
Year
1616
Print run
Signed
Dimensions
12,3 x 15,8
Details

Engraving of the Battle of the Kouwensteinsedijk on 26 May 1585. Attack of the Dutch army and Zeeland ships on the dyke. After the failed attack on the Parma ship bridge, the capture of the Kouwensteinsedijk was the States' last hope for the relief of Antwerp. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 167. 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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