The siege of the Castle of Angels in Rome (1527). Clemens VII looks from the Castle of the Angels at the occupying power of Rome. Two guns in the foreground. In the background the Tiber and the Castle of the Angels. The print is part of a twelve-volume series on the victories of Charles V. He has a separate text strip with a Latin text, Siege of the Castle of Angels, 1527 Victories of Charles V (series title) Divi Caroli. V. imp. opt. max. victoriae, ex multis praecipuae (series title), print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, Maarten van Heemskerck, publisher: Hieronymus Cock, print maker

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