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Spanish Fury: plan of the city, 1576
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Spanish Fury: plan of the city, 1576

Frans Hogenberg · 1576 - c. 1579 · etching; paper

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

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Map of the town of Antwerp in bird's-eye perspective. From the citadel, Spanish soldiers storm the town. In two cartouches a list of the most important buildings of the town (1-25) and a list of the streets and houses burned during the plundering and the main councillors killed by the Spaniards. In the lower left the names of the five bastions of the citadel (A-E). With a caption of 16 lines in German. Numbered 111. The print is part of an album.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpaanse Furie: plattegrond van de stad, 1576. 1576 - c. 1579. Frans Hogenberg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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