The "Spanish Fury" at Antwerp, A.D. 1576, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

artist
Schaefels, Hendrik F.
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 147
"Of all the deeds yet compassed in the Netherlands, this was the worst. It was called the Spanish Fury, by which dread name it has been known for ages. The city which had been a world of wealth and splendor, was changed to a charnel house, and from that hour its commercial prosperity was blasted. Other causes had silently girdled the yet green and flourishing tree, but the Spanish Fury was the fire which consumed it to ashes."--Motley's Dutch Rep., Vol. 3, p. 116. Schaefels' picture represents the fight made by the burghers in front of the ancient bourse of the city, where Motley says there was "a determined ralley, a savage slaughter." [P. 13.]
Catalogue of Works of Art on Exhibition at the Gallery of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Young Men's Association Buildings, Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo: Warren, Johnson & Co., Printers. Daily Courier Office, 197 Main Street. 1875.
1876
Control number
AECI 09190266
Type
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
Topic
Figure group
Ethnic
Cityscape--Belgium--Antwerp
Record ID
siris_aeci_125082
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