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LastDodo number
5336805
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Prints / graphics
Title
Portret van admiraal Willem Bloys van Treslong (1529 -1594)
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18,7 x 10,5
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Portrait of geuzen captain and later admiral of Holland and Zeeland Willem Bloys van Treslong (1529-1594). He's on the beach. Blois van Treslong was a nobleman from the Southern Netherlands, who was best known as one of the leaders of the watergeuzen who took Den Briel on April 1, 1572. That same year, Bloys van Treslong managed to conquer Veere, Steenbergen and - nonviolently - Vlissingen. Color lithograph, maker unknown. manufactured c. 1860.

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