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LOW COUNTRIES -- LEIDEN -- "LEYDA, BATAVORUM LUGDUNUM, vulgo Leyden, Anno 1574". (Cologne, Braun & Hogenberg, between 1572 and 1618). Engr. bird's eye view on the city from the South, cold. by hand. 345 x 478 mm. Framed & glazed.
Representation of the moment when the Spanish troops are fleeing and the city is being liberated by the 'Geuzen', now precisely 450 years ago. Uninspected out of frame. - Groenveld/Van Maanen/Penning, Lei 002, I.€ 200
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