Beleg van Alkmaar

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Bird’s eye view perspective on Alkmaar and its surroundings during the siege by the Spaniards in 1573. In the left foreground Spanish troops and some monks. Below on a cartouche the represenation of the Spanish ´storm bridge´. In the caption the legend 1-15 in Dutch. Used as illustration in ´Hugo Grotius Nederlandt Serbian Jaer Books and Historiae´ (1681). Lettered on cartouche in the sky:´Het beleg van / ALKMAAR´; on the bottom:´1, Leereplats van Fredrik. / 2. Leegerplaats van Den Ferdinand. …15. Stormbrug.´ On a cartouche in the middle voreground:´Spaansche Stormbrug, lang 100, breedt 10, hoogh 5 voeten´. On the top left: Tom. I N. 9