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Failed attack on Antwerp, 1605
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Failed attack on Antwerp, 1605

1605 - 1607 · etching; paper

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

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Failed attack by the States Army on Antwerp, 17 May 1605. View from the city of the fleet of Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau on the Scheldt. Various fire ships on the water, the ships are being bombarded from the forts. In the upper left heavy fighting at the Blokkersdijk. In the upper right a cartouche with the legend 1-25. Without inscription. Numbered in the lower left: 351. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMislukte aanval op Antwerpen, 1605. 1605 - 1607. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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