Sujet

Battle of Ekeren, 1703. Creator: Constantyn Francken.

Légende

Battle of Ekeren, 1703. The Battle of Ekeren, which took place near Antwerp on 30 June 1703, was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession. A Bourbon army of 24,000 men, consisting of troops from France, Spain and Cologne, surrounded a smaller Dutch force of 12,000 men, which however managed to break out and retire to safety. In the foreground a looter strips bodies of their clothes.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A03_041

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44,2Mo (1,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 26,3cm / 4960 x 3112 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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