Caption:
Storming of Rome, 1527, Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1555 - 1556, The siege of Rome (1527). General Charles of Bourbon falls from a ladder after being mortally wounded by an arrow. In the background the Tiber and the Castle of the Angels. The print has a Latin, Spanish and French caption and is part of a twelve-part series on the victories of Charles V., print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Maarten van Heemskerck, (mentioned on object), publisher: Hieronymus Cock, print maker: Haarlem, Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1555 - 1556, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 204 mm × w 226 mm