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Exhortation to Flanders to Choose the Side of the Rebellious Provinces after the Battle of Nieuwpoort
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Exhortation to Flanders to Choose the Side of the Rebellious Provinces after the Battle of Nieuwpoort

anonymous · 1600 · striking (metalworking); copper (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Copper medal. Obverse: a hand from the clouds offers a liberty cap to a lion, which is chained to a pillar with the inscription FLAND; in the background a fort and sea with ships within an inscription. Reverse: a pile of burning weapons; on the right, a board with an inscription on a pole within an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
jetonMaurice (Prince of Orange)Nieuwpoort (België)VlaanderenBattle of Nieuwpoort
Credit lineAansporing aan Vlaanderen om na de slag bij Nieuwpoort de zijde van de opstandige gewesten te kiezen. 1600. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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