File:Jan Portant - The Spanish troops cross the barricades facing the citadel and launch the attack near the Schermershof, Antwerp, 4 Nov. 1576.jpg

English: Of interest is the depiction of some structures, such as the mills on either side of the Begijnenpoort, the Begijnenpoort itself, the tower of St. George's Church and the Schermershuis, with ornate Renaissance-style facade and portal. Above the entrance door, the year 1576 is inscribed on the door lintel, corresponding to the year the Spanish fury struck Antwerp. The focus of this print is mainly on the barricade erected by the Antwerp armed guilds, with support from Walloon vendettas. This barrier largely follows the remnants of the south side of the Spanish ramparts. A row of high gabions is erected on the earthen rampart from the Schermershuis to in front of the Sint-Rochusgasthuis. They form an entrenchment up to 3 m high. Behind them a squad of pikemen is lined up. Behind them, battle was already being fought. The purpose of these earth-filled gabions is on the one hand to prevent access to the Begijnenstraat, and on the other hand to make a possible attack on the Schermershuis, the guild house of the fencers, more difficult. Two guns (possibly 48-pounders) were set up in front of the Schermershuis and fired in the direction of the citadel. Further on, gabions were also placed on the remnants of the old ramparts to close off the stone road to the citadel from Walenstraat (Boeksteeg), which would provide direct access to the city center, and from Kloosterstraat. Behind this quickly erected barricade, the print very clearly shows the Bervoetstraat, with Rochusstraat and Lepelstraat by extension, continuing down to the Scheldt at the Kronenburg Gate. But this cut-off by the people of Antwerp and their armed guilds is no match for the storming of an estimated 4,000 mutinous soldiers, who attack the city from the citadel. The print shows the 2000 foot soldiers from Aalst, led by Francisco de Valdéz, entering the citadel through the citadel gate on the Markgravelei. They join the 500 cavalrymen under the command of Captain Julian Romero, the approximately 1000 tercios under the command of Don Alonso de Vergas and 500 more soldiers. In the print we notice advancing horsemen on horseback, tercios with their muskets at the ready, skirmishers, pikemen and even some halberdiers. The attack occurs in two waves. The mutinous vendles from Aalst attacked the barricade along three sides and would penetrate by force. This is clearly recognizable on the print. From the Hernando and Duca bastions, the city is shelled. At the Kronenburg Gate, in the Kloosterstraat, the Begijnenstraat and at the Sint-Rochusklooster, large plumes of smoke from spreading fires are visible. Very different is the situation around the Begijnenpoort. This gate was far too monumental and rendered in stone. However, both windmills (to the right of the gate, 'de Roel' or Roelantmolen) on either side of the gate were correctly rendered. Towards the joincte (connecting wall) cattle graze in peace. One cow even managed to nestle on the outside of the connecting wall and grazes lustily on the small earthen strip of escarpment between the rampart moat and the grassy joincte. A curious detail is the small shipyard located along the bank of the Scheldt between the Kronenburg Gate and the citadel. Two ships under construction are depicted..