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 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, Storming of Rome, 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: Haarlem, Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1555 - 1556, paper

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