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Capture of Diest, 1580
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Capture of Diest by the States' army under the Spanish captain Alonso Vanegas, 9 June 1580. The city gate towards Zichem is opened so that the States' cavalry can enter; on the right, soldiers climb the city walls with ladders. With a four-line caption in Latin. Numbered: 119. Printed on the reverse with text in Dutch. Subject categories within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Military affairs; prints by Baudart. 80 Years' War.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVerovering van Diest, 1580. 1613 - 1615. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.