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Iconoclasm, 1566

anonymous · 1613 - 1615 · etching; paper

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

About this work

Iconoclasm, 20 August 1566. View inside a church where men are pulling down statues of saints, smashing windows, and destroying paintings. Soldiers look on; on the right, looting and plundering are taking place. With a four-line Latin inscription. Without number. Unprinted on the back.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print historieprent iconoclasm Tachtigjarige Oorlog Beeldenstorm (1566)

Credit lineBeeldenstorm, 1566. 1613 - 1615. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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