Ascension of the Spanish soldiers who die fighting the Turks, 1687, Ascension of the Spanish soldiers who die fighting the Turks, 1687. On the left, Spanish King Charles II kneels in his army tent watching as angels pick up the soldiers' bodies from hell and bring them to heaven. Representation centered in a monumental frame with trophies of arms, weeping putti and allegorical scenes. Below text showing that the print was commissioned by the Marquis de Gastañaga, governor of the Spanish Netherlands., print maker: Romeyn de Hooghe, (attributed to), Karel II (koning van Spanje), (mentioned on

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