Légende
Relief of Leiden, 1574, Series 6: Dutch Events, 1571-1576, print, album page, The relief of Leiden on October 3, 1574. Troops of the Prince sail across the flooded polders of Delft past The Hague to Leiden, under the command of Admiral Louis de Boisot. Spanish besiegers flee from their positions. With a 10-line caption in German. Numbered: 24., printmaker: Frans Hogenberg, Cologne, 1574 - 1576, North Rhine-Westphalia, paper, etching, height 221 mm x width 294 mm, Person, Louis de Boisot, raising the siege with outside assistance, relief, The Hague, Leiden, Delft, Zoeterwoude, Period, 1574-10-03, A detailed monochrome engraving showing a coastal scene with many small rowing boats and larger ships on textured water, a fortified town with towers and clustered buildings on the left, open fields and scattered churches inland, a winding river or channel cutting through the scene, groups of soldiers or figures on boats and on shore, defensive barricades and floating platforms with men and equipment, plume-like smoke or explosions rising near some vessels, a distant ship at sea under stylized waves, and fine linework indicating clouds, waves, and terrain.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B29_414
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
45.1Mo (7.2Mo) / 38.8cm x 29.2cm / 4579 x 3445 (300dpi)