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Defeat of the States Army at Wesel, 1595, Series 10: Dutch and Foreign Events, 1587-1612, print, album page, Series number, 312, 380?, Defeat of the States Army at Wesel. Maurice's cavalry defeated by Mondragon's cavalry at Wesel, September 2, 1595. Count of Solms and Philip of Nassau are killed and Count Ernst of Nassau is taken prisoner. Wesel at the bottom, Rheinberg at the top. With a 16-line caption in German. Numbered bottom left: 312., printmaker: workshop of Frans Hogenberg, Cologne, 1595 - 1597, North Rhine-Westphalia, paper, etching, height 193 mm x width 259 mm, Person, Philip Count of Nassau, Ernst (Count of Nassau), battle, fighting in general, Battle of Wesel, Rijnberg, Wesel, Period, 1595-09-02, A detailed pen drawing shows winding rivers flowing past fortified towns with clustered buildings and tall church spires, small sailing ships on the water, and scattered trees and fields; groups of mounted soldiers and infantry are engaged across open ground with banners and spears, tents and encampments are visible near a riverbank, and small windmills and farmhouses appear in the landscape.
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