De Cimbren trekken over de Alpen 1782 - 1784

"De Cimbren trekken over de Alpen" (The Cimbri march over the Alps), an etching by Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), depicts a scene of the Cimbrian invasion of the Roman Republic. The artwork shows a vast throng of people and animals traveling through a mountainous pass, representing the historical Cimbrian migration across the Alps. The composition uses dramatic perspective and meticulous detail to showcase the vastness of the event, highlighting the challenges and dangers of the journey. This etching, now in the Rijksmuseum, was created between 1782 and 1784 and is an important example of the 18th-century Dutch art of historical illustration.