Caption

Relief of Leiden, 1574, The Relief of Leiden. Ao. 1574, print, The Relief of Leiden, October 3, 1574. Food is being distributed to the inhabitants of the city from the Geuzen boats. A city gate on the left. At the bottom a map of the region and two examples of the paper emergency money put into circulation during the siege., printmaker: Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, after design by, publisher: Arend Fokke Simonsz., 1776, paper, etching, height 179 mm x width 205 mm, battle, raising the siege with outside assistance, relief, canals, waters (in city) (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), Leiden, Period, 1574-10-03, A busy riverside scene rendered in fine line engraving shows a fortified gateway and round tower on the left with smoke and figures atop the tower, a crowd of animated people on the quay with some waving hats and interacting around boats loaded with goods, a raised drawbridge spanning the river with small rowing and sailing boats beneath and alongside it, buildings and a tall church spire visible in the middle distance, large leafy trees framing the scene on both banks, people on the far banks and along the bridges, and a decorative band below containing circular medallion-like designs flanking a rolled map-like sheet.

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Keywords

Relief Leiden 1574 Ao print October 3 Food distributed inhabitants city Geuzen boats city gate left bottom map region two examples paper emergency money circulation siege printmaker Simon Fokke Amsterdam design publisher Arend Fokke Simonsz 1776 paper etching height 179 mm x width 205 mm battle raising outside assistance relief canals waters in city -scape figures staffage Period 1574-10-03 busy riverside scene rendered fine line engraving fortified gateway round tower smoke figures atop tower crowd animated people quay waving hats interacting boats loaded goods raised drawbridge spanning river small rowing sailing boats beneath alongside buildings tall church spire visible middle distance large leafy trees framing scene banks people far banks bridges decorative band containing circular medallion- designs flanking rolled map- sheet