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Soldiers plunder a village
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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In a village, soldiers rob items from houses and load them onto carts. Villagers are taken away bound. The village church and some houses are on fire. Below the image a six-line French verse. This print is part of a series of 17 (18 incl. title print) prints depicting various kinds of misery that warfare brings with it.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineSoldaten plunderen een dorp. 1677 - 1690. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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