Author: Anonymous; after Hooghe, Romeyn de (1645-1708), attributed to
Title: [Original etching/ets] 't'Wegh Voeren van Prins Willem van Furstenberg'; capture of Wilhelm von Fürstenberg, 1674.
Description: Night scene of the capture of Wilhelm von Fürstenberg, bishop of Strasbourg, on 16 February 1674. In Cologne he is taken away by coach. Inscription on banner above: 't'Wegh Voeren van Prins Willem van Furstenberg'. Etching on laid paper; small margins; platemark: 257 x 345 mm; total: 283 x 358 mm; watermark: foolscap watermark; centerfold reinforced with paper on verso; some darkening and smudges in the margins, else in good condition. Muller 2526: 'fine engraving'. After an engraving attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe by Muller (Muller 2525).

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