Announcement of the Eternal Edict for the City Hall of Antwerp, February 27, 1577. On a stand in front of the City Hall, peace is announced and read out for the audience present. With caption of 14 lines in German text.
Frans Hogenberg. (1535 – 1590)
A Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. Hogenberg was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg. In 1568 he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne.
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Sheet app: 11 x 8.25 inches. 27.5 x 21 cm. Condition: Browned engraving, short nil borders, old restoration. (See image)
