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Historical Siege and Battle Artwork

Art depicting historical sieges and battles, showcasing military uniforms, strategies, and key historical figures in combat.

Camillus's death in the battle between Greeks and Romans, Antonio Tempesta, After Cesare Nebbia, 1591 print The death of Camillus in a battle of Greek and Roman soldiers on horseback. Fresh in Latin in STANDMARE. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. warfare; military affairs (+ land forces). battle. (story of) Camilla - death
Camillus's death in the battle between Greeks and Romans, Antonio Tempesta, After Cesare Nebbia, 1591 print The death of Camillus in a battle of Greek and Roman soldiers on horseback. Fresh in Latin in STANDMARE. print maker: Italyafter design by: Italypublisher: Rome paper etching the soldier; the soldier's life. warfare; military affairs (+ land forces). battle. (story of) Camilla - death
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The execution of the eight surviving conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot in 1606 in London. Etching with engraving by C.J. Visscher.
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Order of the Chevaliers Marching at Fontainebleau in May 1633 1634 Abraham Bosse French. Order of the Chevaliers Marching at Fontainebleau in May 1633 386355
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The Battle at Elei Zhalatu: from Battle Scenes of the Quelling of Rebellions in the Western Regions, with Imperial Poems, c. 1765-1774; poem dated 1766. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795). Etching, mounted in album form, 16 leaves plus two additional leaves of inscriptions; overall: 51 x 87 cm (20 1/16 x 34 1/4 in.). This set of etchings was commissioned by Emperor Qianlong to record in pictorial terms the courage of his generals and soldiers in quelling the rebellions in the Western Regions. Qianlong added his own poem to each of the etchings, indicating his appreciation and pride in this demonstration of military might.
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Two musketeers on horseback shot a rider, Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1635 print Rome paper etching battle (+ cavalry, horsemen). firearms: rifle
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The battle near Mühlberg on April , the army of Charles V exceeds the Elbe, Enea Aeneas Vico Vicus, Vighi -, Copper Engraver
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Start of the expedition in Antwerp and unfortunate end during the battle on the slake, 1631; Triomph torts across the Nelagh der Coninglijcke fleet on the Slaeck. Start from the expedition in Antwerp on September 10 and unfortunate end during the Battle of Slaak, September 13 1631. The state fleet under the command of vice-admiral Marinus Hollare. Sheet with two performances. Above embankment and departure of the fleet from Antwerp and the blessing of Count Johan van Nassau-Siegen and the Prince of Barbançon, the commanders of the Spanish fleet, by the Cardinal in the presence of Isabella Clara Eugenia. Top left the emblem with a male warning that fits into a horn (see the interpretation of the 'horn crawler'). Under breaking the stranded Spanish soldiers from the ships and by soldiers on the beach. In the Verte Zierikzee and Ten Tolen. Printed on the leaf under the plate A verse of vondel, a description of the events in French and a German translation of the verse.
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Battle with original inhabitants of South America, Johann Wilhelm Baur, 1633 print Italy paper etching Native peoples of South America. battle (+ infantry) South America
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Failed attack on 's -Hertogenbosch, 1585, 1613 - 1615 print Failed attack by the State Army under the command of Count Hohenlohe on 's-Hertogenbosch, January 19, 1585. In the foreground the count of Hohenlohe flees on horseback, in the city the intruders are driven away. With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Printed on the back with text in Latin. Northern Netherlands paper etching battle the Bosch
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Balance of war and peace, 1709; Wigs and Toris balance by war and peace, t'utrecht / la balance de Guerre & de Paix des Wighs (avec Leurs Alliez) & des Toris; Vortilyke state balance / 't Lusthof from MoMus. Allegorical performance about the situation in Europe During the Spanish Succession War in the year 1709 with a large scales in which the war and peace are weighed against each other. The English parties of the Whigs and the tories are also opposite each other. In the foreground innocent victims of the war. Signature at the bottom right: A. On the sheet under the plate 5 Columns Explanation in Dutch and French. Perhaps Utrecht awarded in the title to the Peace of Utrecht between Spain and the Republic in 1713. Part of the Vortelyke state balance, a series of 7 numbered cartons on the French in the year 1709 of the Spanish Succession War. Part of the printing work under the collective title 't Lust Court of Momus with the bundled series of cartooning during the 1901-1713 of the Span
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Spanish civil war: by Motin a Student of the Faculty of San Carlos
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events Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 Swedish intervention 1630 - 1635 the Swedes entering Muinich 17.5.1632 engraving ""Topographia Bavariae"" von Matth_us Merian coloured Stadtmuseum Munich,
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Les grandes miseres de la guerre: No. 11 - Lapendaison. Artist: Jacques Callot, French, 1592-1635
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A copper engraving by Hans Brosamer depicting an equestrian battle, showing mounted figures in combat and detailed composition.
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Three riders with pistols, Jacques de Gheyn (II) (workshop of), After Jacques de Gheyn (II), 1599 print Three harnessed men on horseback, riding to the left, each with a gun in the right hand. This print is part of a series of 22 numbered prints: a title print, 20 prints on which one or a few different types of (most harnessed) riders are displayed, and a print with a rider fight. print maker: Leidenprint maker: Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper engraving warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen). firearms: rifle
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Two riders in combat; Freydal. A knight on horseback (Freydal) has thrown another knight (Niklas von firmian) with his spear from the saddle. This print is part of a series of illustrations for the story 'Freydal', about the knight's eponymed, intended as a glorification of the acts of Emperor Maximiliaan I.
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Second Flemish rebellion; Triumphal arch of Emperor Maximiliaan I. a large battle in the vicinity of a castle or city. Detail of the triumphal arch of Emperor Maximiliaan I.
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Historia Antigua. Asiria. Asedio a una ciudad. Grabado alemán de 1862.
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Boer edited his country with a team, 1596 print A farmer edits his country with a team. The team is pulled by two oxen. Close to the field is a farmhouse with trees. Frankfurt am Main paper engraving agricultural implements: plough. ploughing
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Soldiershoeren and children, Jost Amman, 1573 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. the soldier; the soldier's life. whore, prostitute
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Albrecht Dürer's workshop woodcut (1515) depicts the military success against France in 1492-93, showing soldiers, banners, and battle scenes on the honorary gate of Emperor Maximilian I.
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Heavy storm overvales Europeans and local population; Horrenda & Inaudita Tempestas; India Occidentalis IV. A heavy storm raises the people on the coast. Both the Europeans and the local population flee and try to find a shelter. A ship shipwrecks shipwreck at sea.
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Fokke, Simon, Netherlands, Wars of the Batavians, 69-70, Battle during the Batavian revolt., print, picture, historical print, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historical plates, height 84 mm, width 104 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1712-09-01 - 1784-04-10, print maker, printmaker, 1770 - 1784, third quarter 18th century, fourth quarter 18th century, paper, etching, etchings, Work conception
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Battle between cavalry and infantry in a wood 16th century Hieronymus Hopfer German. Battle between cavalry and infantry in a wood 399642
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Historic drawing, the looting of Maastricht by the Spaniards, Spanish Netherlands, 16th century
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The King of Michoacan visit to Hernan Cortes. Third letter of Relation by Hernan Cortes (May 15, 1522). Engraving, 18th century.
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Looting soldiers, Jost Amman, 1573 - 1578 print print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper warfare; military affairs. the soldier; the soldier's life. plundering ~ soldiers
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Title page with the equipment of a warship and a trumpet player, Reinier Nooms, 1652 - 1656 print Title page for a series of naval battles. The equipment of a warship including cannons, bullets, powder vessels and a drum on which the title of the series with pen is written in a seventeenth-century handwriting. A sailor blows on a trumpet on which a flag hangs. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / drypoint title-page. warfare; military affairs (+ naval force)
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Henry Morgan before Panama, 1671
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Patriots, flee the city / Utrecht. on September 16, 1787.
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Battle of the Cassano d'Adda Bridge, August 16, 1705, by Francesco Monti (1685-1768). Detail. War of Spanish Succession, Italy, 18th century.
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Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), a soldier pointing a barrel under the supervision of an officer. Tenth number of a suite of 12 pieces (A. de Vesme 255. Dutuit 92) (main title). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.
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Cornelis de Witt leads the attack on the English fleet during the trip to Chatham, 1667; Cornelis de Wit with many presents of the Staet SLAET Glorieuselyck The KoonirlClyke English and French fleets.Cornelis de Witt leads the attack on the English fleet, 20-23 June 1667. Episode from the trip to Chatham during the second English war. Fragment of the large print of the De Witt brothers: Witten Wonder mirror (1675).
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Invasion of the Normans, 810, and murder of Godfried de Noorman, 885, Simon Fokke, 1784 print Performances from national history. Above: A group of Normans steps ashore, in the distance, soldiers are fighting at a city gate. Below: A man with a sword raised has overpowered the Noorman, a spiritual flight into a church building. Two performances of one plate, numbered respectively: IX and X Amsterdam paper etching occupation ~ war. extinct, 'historical' peoples (with NAME). attempt, political murder Netherlands