DE LAATSTE OOGENBLIKKEN VAN EGMOND IN DEN KERKER. 

DE LAATSTE OOGENBLIKKEN VAN EGMOND IN DEN KERKER.
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DE LAATSTE OOGENBLIKKEN VAN EGMOND IN DEN KERKER.
DE LAATSTE OOGENBLIKKEN VAN EGMOND IN DEN KERKER.

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5155267
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
DE LAATSTE OOGENBLIKKEN VAN EGMOND IN DEN KERKER.
Artist
Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben
Technique
Steel engraving
Year
1851
Print run
Signed
Publisher
Dimensions
19,8 x 14,4
Printing office
Theme
80-Jarige Oorlog
Details

The last moments of the Count of Egmond in his cell, before his execution on June 5, 1568. Egmond sitting at the crucifix table, behind him a priest, soldiers on the left. Steel engraving by Jan Frederik Christiaan Reckleben (1819-1879). Intended as an illustration for: Johannes Pieter Arend. "General history of the fatherland from the earliest times to the present day". 5 parts. Amsterdam: J.F. Schleijer, 1841-1884. dl. 2.5 (1851), p. 62/63. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2014.

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