PHILIPPUS A MONTMORENCY, COMES HORN. etc. ARCHITALASS. MARS GERM. INF. ARMURATHES PRINCEPS GAVERUS, COMES EGMONTANUS, FLAND. ARTHES. PREF. 

PHILIPPUS A MONTMORENCY, COMES HORN. etc. ARCHITALASS. MARS GERM. INF. ARMURATHES PRINCEPS GAVERUS, COMES EGMONTANUS, FLAND. ARTHES. PREF.
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PHILIPPUS A MONTMORENCY, COMES HORN. etc. ARCHITALASS. MARS GERM. INF. ARMURATHES PRINCEPS GAVERUS, COMES EGMONTANUS, FLAND. ARTHES. PREF.
PHILIPPUS A MONTMORENCY, COMES HORN. etc. ARCHITALASS. MARS GERM. INF. ARMURATHES PRINCEPS GAVERUS, COMES EGMONTANUS, FLAND. ARTHES. PREF.

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5155259
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
PHILIPPUS A MONTMORENCY, COMES HORN. etc. ARCHITALASS. MARS GERM. INF. ARMURATHES PRINCEPS GAVERUS, COMES EGMONTANUS, FLAND. ARTHES. PREF.
Artist
Technique
Copper engraving
Year
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
13,5 x 16,2
Printing office
Theme
80-Jarige Oorlog, Portret
Details

Double portrait in two ovals of Lamoral I of Gavere, Count of Egmont (1522-1568) and Philip II of Montmorency, Count of Horne (1524-1568). Both were beheaded on June 5, 1568 on the Grand Place in Brussels. This execution is often regarded as the final signal for the armed Dutch Revolt. Copper engraving, maker unknown. Made ca. 1580. Verso: blank.

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