Ventes live - Lot 580
[Belgium - Antwerp]
Antwerp: 12 historical scenes.
€ 100 / 150
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Description du lot
12 copper engrs, various sizes (small imperfections).
10 mounted on paper, 9 under passe-partout.
7 engrs by Braun & Hogenberg on the Dutch War of Independence (1568–1648), fought by the Seventeen Provinces against the political and religious hegemony of Philip II of Spain. Showing in particular the situation of Antwerp with the Conquest of the Citadel, the Joyous Entry of William the Silent (1577), Extracted from Michael Eytzinger's "Novus de Leone Belgico eiusque topographica atque historica descriptione liber" (1583). - 5 engrs extracted from Guicciardini's "Description de touts les Pais-Bas", incl. a view of the cathedral.