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Proclamation of the Truce before the Town Hall of Antwerp, 1609
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Proclamation of the Truce before the Town Hall of Antwerp, 1609

Claes Jansz. Visscher (II) · 1609 · letterpress printing; etching; paper

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

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The proclamation of the Truce. The peace concluded on 9 April in The Hague is announced and read aloud to the public on the Grote Markt from a podium set up against the facade of the Antwerp Town Hall, 14 April 1609. To the left and right scaffolding with burning tar barrels. Below the representation a printed text in two columns with a description in Dutch.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printproclamation of peaceStadhuis (Antwerpen)
Credit lineAfkondiging van het bestand voor het stadhuis van Antwerpen, 1609. 1609. Claes Jansz. Visscher (II). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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