The Dutch Defeat at the Blokkersdijk, near Antwerp, 1605

The Dutch Defeat at the Blokkersdijk, near Antwerp, 1605

SK-A-4848

De mislukte aanslag op Antwerpen door prins Maurits, 17 mei 1605. Gevecht op de Blokkersdijk tussen de Spaanse troepen en de watergeuzen die aan land trachten te komen. Links de vloot van de geuzen op de Schelde, in de verte het profiel van de stad Antwerpen.

painter: anonymous, Antwerp

c. 1610 - c. 1615

oil on panel

• support: height 32 cm x width 52.7 cm
• outer size: depth 4.6 cm (support incl. frame)

1605-05-17

purchase 1987-01-17

Public domain

…; in a French or Belgian collection;{French language newspaper cuttings are glued to the reverse.}…; anonymous sale, Vienna (Dorotheum), 20 January 1987 _sqq_., no. 465, as Netherlandish, c. 1800, ATS 20,000, to the museum

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• R. van Gerven en E.H.J. de Wilde, 'de slag bij Kalloo, 1638', Ann. van den Oudh. Kring van het Land van Waas, 1938
• Documentatiemap Schilderijen.

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