Sadeler (Aegidius, 1570-1629). Charles de Longueval, Duc de Bucquoy, 1621

Sadeler (Aegidius, 1570-1629). Portrait of Charles de Longueval, Duc de Bucquoy (1571-1621), 1621, engraving on laid paper, trimmed to (or just inside) the platemark, sheet size 395 x 265 mm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins), framed and glazed (60 x 45 cm)

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Hollstein XXI, 304.

Fine engraving by Sadeler from life (ad vivum delineavit) of Charles, Duc de Bucquoy, who fought for the Spanish Netherlands, and became Commander in chief of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire in 1614, during the Thirty Years War. He conquered Moravia following the Battle of the White Mountain on 8 November 1620 (represented to the lower left of the print), but died in action in July 1621.