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Sack of Mechelen, 1572
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sack of Mechelen by Alva's army, under the 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 in the lower left: 82. The print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePlundering van Mechelen, 1572. 1574 - c. 1578. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
