Title
Hogenberg, Assassination of the Duke of Guise by Jean de Poltrot
Caption
Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Flemish school
During the siege of Orléans, Protestant Jean de Poltrot, sieur de Méré, killed Francis, Duke of Guise, by ambushing him on a road on 18 February 1563.
Switzerland, Library of Geneva
Date
Feb 18, 1563
Credit line
Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12
Reference
DGL23A00_258
License type
Rights managed
Available size
243,4Mb (14,7Mb) / 34,9in x 27,1in / 10477 x 8121 (300dpi)