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Sack of Mechelen, 1572
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Plundering of Mechelen by the army of Alva, under command of his son Don Frederik, 1 October 1572. Goods are gathered on the market and carried away by the soldiers. In the center foreground, a standing, weeping naked mother with children. With an inscription of 10 lines in German. Numbered: 7.
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Credit linePlundering van Mechelen, 1572. 1572 - 1574. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
