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The Siege of Zierickzee, 1576

The Siege of Zierickzee, 1576

Artist/Maker (Dutch, ca. 1540–ca. 1590)
Datelate 16th century
MediumEtching
DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 7/8 in. (20.3 × 27.6 cm)
Plate: 8 × 10 15/16 in. (20.3 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (24.9 × 32.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Eleanore M. Jantz in Memory of Harold Jantz
Object number2014.31.2
Status
Not on view
More Information
The Spanish siege on the city of Zierikzee (present-day Zeeland in the Netherlands) during the Eighty Years’ War lasted 10 months, from October 1575 to July 1576. Frans Hogenberg’s aerial view of the siege blends cartography with historical narrative, abstracting the scene to reveal the true subject of the image: the contested nature of land.
Exhibition History
Images of War: Ritual and Reality
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 1995 - October 22, 1995 )
Collections
  • European
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