Beleg van Groningen, 1672 1815

"Beleg van Groningen, 1672" (Siege of Groningen, 1672) is a detailed etching by Dutch artist Haatje Pieters Oosterhuis (1784-1854) depicting the 1672 siege of Groningen during the Dutch-French War. The scene shows the city in the background with an encampment in the foreground. It is a dynamic composition showing the scale of the historical event, and is held in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This print is an excellent example of 19th-century historical depictions of military events.