Antique Print of the Cruelty of the Spaniards in Antwerp by Le Clerc (c.1730)

Description: Antique print titled 'Voorbeeldt van d'afgryselyke Wreedtheit der Spanjaarden, aan seekere Bruydt getoont, by 't plonderen van Antwerpen'. Old print of the cruelty of the Spaniards in Antwerp, 1576. It was the time of the Sack of Antwerp, often known as the Spanish Fury at Antwerp, an episode of the Eighty Years' War. It is the greatest massacre in Belgian history. This print orginates from 'Geschiedenissen der Vereenigde Nederlanden (..)' by Jean le Clerc. 

Artists and Engravers: Jean Le Clerc / Joannes Clericus (1657-1736). From Hugenot origin, he studied filosophy, hebrew and theology in Geneva and travelled in Europe. He objected the calvinistic orthodoxie and influenced by Grotius, Episcopius, Van Limborch and others, he moved to Amsterdam, where he became a Remonstrant. He became a professor at the Remonstrant seminary, a writer and publisher.