File:Jan Portant - The Spanish Fury rages on the Market Place.jpg
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[edit]English: The Spanish Fury rages on the Market Place ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author |
Jan Portant |
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Title |
English: The Spanish Fury rages on the Market Place |
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Description |
English: This print gives a clear view in full view of the Nieuwstad. Some buildings are identified on the print by their names: the Hessenhuis in the foreground on the right, on the left the Falcon monastery with chapel, in the Nieuwstad at the back right the Pesthuis, further the Oostershuis or Hansa House. We also notice on this engraving the breweries of Gilbert van Schoonbeke, located between the Middenvliet and the Vestvliet or old Brouwersvliet. On the Fruitmarkt in the extension of the Falconplein stands a blockhouse, against which rest numerous pikes of the Antwerp pikemen. The Spanish and mutinous German vendles advance from the inner city and reach the Nieuwstad along Falconplein. Spanish mutineers and plunderers also storm into the city from Lier and Maastricht and come from the Kipdorp Gate. During this storming of the Nieuwstad, hundreds of men, women and children were killed or drowned in the canals and the Scheldt or tried to escape by throwing themselves over the ramparts into the city moat. The print clearly shows corpses floating on the Nieuwstad's floods. The name Overstein refers back to the Count of Oversteyn (Eberstein) who drowned in the Scheldt during his attempt to flee the city. Many Antwerp citizens and the pushed back Walloon troops either tried to leave the city through the Slijkpoort or tried to reach moored ships from Zeeland by swimming or using boats. The cries of distress on the text band, in verse, generally focus on the misdeeds that took place in Antwerp during the Spanish fury of November 4 to 8, 1576, mainly because of the wealth at the city's disposal. |
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Date | 1576 - circa 1583 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium |
ink on paper medium QS:P186,Q127418;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 21.8 cm (8.5 in); width: 28.6 cm (11.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,21.8U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,28.6U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q595802 |
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Current location |
Antwerp |
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Accession number |
PK.OP.13868 |
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References | https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/details/collect/282884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-spanish-fury-rages-on-the-market-place-johannes-portantius/tQFS56-n8tKx8w |
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current | 09:49, 11 March 2024 | 5,276 × 3,946 (11.51 MB) | Hallaluja (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |wikidata = |artist= unknown |author = Jan Portant |title= {{en|''The Spanish Fury rages on the Market Place''}} |description = {{en|1=This print gives a clear view in full view of the Nieuwstad. Some buildings are identified on the print by their names: the Hessenhuis in the foreground on the right, on the left the Falcon monastery with chapel, in the Nieuwstad at the back right the Pesthuis, further the Oostershuis or Hansa House. We also notice on this engraving t... |
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