Author: Decker, Coenraet (c. 1650-1685)
Title: Beleg van Alkmaar
Description: Bird's eye view perspective on Alkmaar and its surroundings during the siege by the Spaniards in 1573. In the left foreground Spanish troops and some monks. Below on a cartouche the represenation of the Spanish ´storm bridge´. In the caption the legend 1-15 in Dutch. Used as illustration in ´Hugo Grotius Nederlandt Serbian Jaer Books and Historiae´ (1681). Lettered on cartouche in the sky:´Het beleg van / ALKMAAR´; on the bottom:´1, Leereplats van Fredrik. / 2. Leegerplaats van Den Ferdinand. ...15. Stormbrug.´ On a cartouche in the middle voreground:´Spaansche Stormbrug, lang 100, breedt 10, hoogh 5 voeten´. On the top left: Tom. I N. 9 l Etching on paper, with margins; platemark: 357 x 268 mm, total: 280 x 390 mm; reapired lacuna in the center, under the cartouche on the sky with a different paper, now changing color. PT01A(Alkmaar)

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