Kidnapping of Villeroy from Cremona, 1702

Kidnapping of the French Marshal Villeroy from Cremona by the Imperial army under Eugene of Savoy after the raid on the city in the night of 31 January to 1 February 1702. In the foreground, an allegorical scene in which King Louis XIV is advised by Hercules, Prudence, a monk, and a whispering woman. On the right, a commander is lulled to sleep by the flute playing of Mercury. At the top, a cartouche with a description of the battles in German. Sheet in the bound collection of plates published under the title: Repraesentatio belli ... Der Spanische Successions-Krieg [ca. 1720].