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The Battle Order of the Turkish Army
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In a time when there were no newspapers, prints were important disseminators of news. Depictions of special events, for instance a battle, were spread throughout Europe in print form. This imposing etching shows the Turkish army trekking through a ravaged landscape in a special order of battle. As a Catholic, Zobel was naturally interested in the ongoing conflict between the Christian world and the Ottoman Empire.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe slagorde van het Turkse leger. 1558. Sebastiano de' Valentinis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
