Caption

Amsterdam was flooded on the orders of the Prince of Orange. During the Franco-Dutch War of 1672, Prince William said there was only one way to prevent the French advance and that was to die in the last ditch defence. On 7 July, the flooding was complete and the further advance of the French army was effectively blocked, Holland, digital reproduction of a historical model

Date

May 26, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK26G12_373

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

100.4Mb (33.5Mb) / 16.2in x 24.0in / 4872 x 7200 (300dpi)

Keywords

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