Author: Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Title: [Antique print, engraving] A view on Delft, The Hague (Den Haag) and Leiden, (plate 24), published 1574.
Description: Plate with a bird-eye view over Delft, The Hague and Leiden. The core of the scene takes place at the top right, with the liberation of the city of Leiden from the Spaniards.Below, ten lines of text in German, with the description of the scene. Numbered within the plate, at bottom left. Etching and engraving on two sheets of paper, joined at verso with margins; plate mark: 218 x 294 mm, total: 233 x 335 mm; some smudges on the joining line of the two sheets, otherwise in very good condition. F Muller 413-146, New Hollstein Dutch B101.

Keywords: Eighty Years' War|Historical prints|the Hague|Topography & Travel