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Eighty Years' War
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Eighty Years' War

Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) · 1601 - 1652 · etching; paper

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

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Sheet with 8 representations about the Eighty Years' War, events between 1566 and 1572. Under each image an inscription.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printpopular printWilliam I (Prince of Orange)Lamoraal graaf van EgmondEuropeans: Spaniardshistorical persons
Credit lineTachtigjarige Oorlog. 1601 - 1652. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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