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Preaching of Sedition Among the Peasants / Assault on the North Gate in Middelburg, 1672
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Preaching of Sedition Among the Peasants / Assault on the North Gate in Middelburg, 1672

Simon Fokke · 1764 - 1766 · etching; paper

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

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Sheet with two scenes. Above: preaching of sedition among the farmers in a farmhouse. Below: assault on the North Gate of Middelburg by the rebellious farmers, 1672. Illustrations no. II and III from a poem by Petrus Johannes Beronicius about the rebellious Zeeland farmers and the tumult in Middelburg around burgomaster Filips van den Brande on 21 July 1672.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHet preken van oproer onder de boeren / Bestorming van de Noordpoort te Middelburg, 1672. 1764 - 1766. Simon Fokke. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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