Bartholomew's Night or the Blood Wedding of Paris. In the foreground left, Admiral Gaspard de Coligny is thrown out of a window by soldiers. An armed mob has gathered under the window and is watching. In the foreground right, several corpses are lying in the street and the throat of a Protestant is being pierced by a rapier. In the background, through an open gate, the continuation of the massacre in the streets of Paris, Bartholomew's Night, 1572, print maker: Gaspar Bouttats, (mentioned on object), Antwerp, 1650 - 1695, paper, etching, h 258 mm × w 383 mm

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