Author: Jan Luyken (1649-1712)
Title: [Antique print, etching] 'Oproer tot Lions, in't Jaar 1621'; revolt in Lyon, 1621, published 1696.
Description: City view of Lyon with houses plundered by the crowd, in the middle a large fire in which looted objects are being burned.Title above: 'Oproer tot Lions, in't Jaar 1621'; in upper margin: 'Tweede Deel Fol. 248'; in lower margin: 'Jan Luiken In. et fec'.Used in: Elie Benoist, Historie der gereformeerde kerken van Vrankryk, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, Amsterdam, 1696, vol. 2, fol. 218. Etching on paper, cut within the margins; total: 307 x 369 mm; foolscap watermark; frayed and torn at the edges; smudges at the edges and in the image. P. van Eeghen, Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken, Amsterdam 1905, 1536.

Keywords: France|Historical prints|Riot