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Satire on the loss of Menen and the arrival of the Duke of Vendôme from Italy, 1706
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Satire on the loss of Menen and the arrival of the Duke of Vendôme from Italy, 1706

anonymous · 1706 · etching; paper

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

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Caricature on the loss of Menen and the arrival of the Duke of Vendôme from Italy to Brabant, 1706. Carremans, the commander at Menen, standing on a tower laments the surrender of the city on August 22, 1706. Vendôme in a war chariot drawn by French roosters. Three columns of verses in Dutch and French in the print. Sheet no. 19 (numbered top right) in the series of 25 sheets titled: Supplement to the Royal Almanac, called the Golden Year of the Allies, 1706. Part of the print work published under the collective title: 't Lust-Hof van Momus, with the bound series of caricatures during the years 1701-1713 of the War of the Spanish Succession.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineSpotprent op het verlies van Menen en de komst van de hertog van Vendôme uit Italië, 1706. 1706. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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