157 - Frans Hogenberg - Duke of Parma at S. Georges gate in Antwerp, 1585.

Frans Hogenberg - Duke of Parma at S. Georges gate in Antwerp, 1585. Description: Antwerp submits to Parma, August 27, 1585. Festive entry of the Duke of Parma into Antwerp, with the procession's route through the city. View on the S. Georges gate , known from the Pieter Breugel the elder engraving of skating people at the gate----- Etching by Frans Hogenberg born in Mechelen in 1539 . He was banned from the Netherlands by the Duke of Alva in 1568 and started producing broadsheets on the events of the Eighty Years’ War (1568–1648) from 1569 on. The etchings were made and published as broadsheets shortly after the events as a kind of eye whiteness reports or journal. This etching is from the 1586 edition of De leone Belgico (Cologne, Aitzinger, 1586) Dimensions: 27,00 x 20,00 cm Condition: Very good impression with nice plate tone, full plate borders and good margins. The double page with flattened middle fold and with the original printed Latin text on the backside. Literature: Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. I (jaren 100 tot 1702), p. 52 nr. 413/269 ----- Hellwig 278 ----- New Hollstein Dutch B220 3/3 Medium: Etching Date: 1585-1587