Plundering van Mechelen, 1572 1619 - 1621
anonymous
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comic strip sketch
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mechanical pen drawing
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pen illustration
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pen sketch
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junji ito style
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personal sketchbook
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linework heavy
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pen-ink sketch
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pen work
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storyboard and sketchbook work
"Plundering van Mechelen, 1572" is an anonymous etching depicting the sack of Mechelen in 1572 during the Eighty Years' War. The print shows a scene of chaos and destruction as Spanish soldiers loot and pillage the city. The image illustrates the brutality of war and the suffering inflicted upon civilians. This etching, created sometime between 1619 and 1621, provides a powerful visual record of a pivotal moment in Dutch history.
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