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Plundering of Mechelen, 1572
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Plundering of Mechelen by the army of Alba, under the command of his son Don Frederik, 1 October 1572. Goods are gathered on the market and removed by the soldiers. In the center foreground, a standing, weeping, naked mother with children. With a four-line Latin inscription. Numbered: 33. Printed on the reverse with text in Dutch. Subject headings within the Atlas of Customs and Manners: Military Affairs; prints by Baudart. Eighty Years' War.
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Credit linePlundering van Mechelen, 1572. 1613 - 1615. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
