Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5497807
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Het inneemen van den Briel, geschiedt den eersten van April in den Jaere 1572.
Year
1679
Print run
Publisher
Dimensions
25,8 x 33,8
Printing office
Details

View of the watergeuzen of Lumey who set fire to and ram the city gate of Den Briel on April 1, 1572. In the foreground, Lumey, seen from behind, sends his men forward with his staff. Etching and engraving by Jan Luyken (1649-1712). Used as an illustration in: P. Bor Christiaensz. "Origin, beginning and continuation of the Dutch Wars", Amsterdam, 1679-1684, 4 vols., Vol. I (1679), p. 366. Source: Rijksmuseum, 2015.

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