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Object Type
print
Museum number
1875,0410.173
Title
Series:
Divi Caroli V Imp. Opt. Max. Victoriae
(The Military Achievements of Emperor Charles V)
Description
Plate 6: Battlefield in the New World in 1530. Scene with a Native American (Indian) man butchering another on a stone table at left, a fire with human body parts being roasted, a naked woman nursing a child beyond, wounded soldiers (of Charles V) being brought in at right, a battlefield in the middle ground, a bay with ships in background; fifth state with address of de Mallery; after Maarten van Heemskerck. 1555 Engraving and etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert
After:
Maarten van Heemskerck
Published by:
Carel van Mallery
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1555
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
155 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
234 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is one of a series of twelve plates showing military achievements of emperor Charles V (Hollstein 216-227).
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(221.V)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(529)
(copy; Maarten van Heemskerck)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
native american
battle
Associated names
Associated with:
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1875,0410.173