William I, Prince of Orange is shot by the assassin Balthasar Gérard in the Prinsenhof at Delft in 1584. Etching by Jan Luyken after R. de Hooghe.

  • Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
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1584
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42791i
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William I, Prince of Orange is shot by the assassin Balthasar Gérard in the Prinsenhof at Delft in 1584. Etching by Jan Luyken after R. de Hooghe. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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William I, Prince of Orange, was the richest member of the high nobility of the Netherlands who became the leader of the Dutch people in the Revolt of the Netherlands. He was killed in 1584, after having survived the first attack on his life in Antwerp 1582, by Balthasar Gérard

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1584

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 26.4 x 34 cm

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De moordt des Prinsen van Orange, tot Delft, in den jaare 1584. R. de Hoge invenit. Jan Lucken fecit

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Wellcome Collection 42791i

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