Spanish Netherlands Collection

The Triumph of the Archduchess Isabella (1556-1633) in the Brussels Ommeganck of
WMA69871 The Triumph of the Archduchess Isabella (1556-1633) in the Brussels Ommeganck of Sunday 31st May 1615 (oil on canvas) (see 75629 for detail) by Alsloot

Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621). Creator: Rubens, Peter Paul, (School)
Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria (1559-1621). Private Collection

Portrait of Archduke Albert of Austria (1559?1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, c. 1615. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592 9engraving)
6266330 Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592 9engraving); (add.info.: Alessandro Farnese, 1545 to 1592, Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1586 to 1592)

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving)
6266327 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving); (add.info.: Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, 1507 to 1582)

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving)
5322623 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (engraving) by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Fernando Alvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba, 1507 to 1582)

Isabella Klara Eugenia, 1566-1633, married to Archduke Albrecht of Austria. Creator: Frans Pourbus the Younger
Isabella Klara Eugenia, 1566-1633, married to Archduke Albrecht of Austria, Unknown date

Frederick Henry at the Surrender of Maastricht, 22 August 1632, 1633-1680. Creator: Pieter Wouwerman
Frederick Henry at the Surrender of Maastricht, 22 August 1632, 1633-1680

Frederik Hendrik's Siege of s-Hertogenbosch, 1629, c.1629-c.1639. Creator: Pieter de Neyn
Frederik Hendrik's Siege of s-Hertogenbosch, 1629, c.1629-c.1639

Johan van Bochoven (1624-93), Public Prosecutor and Councillor at the Court of Flanders, 1670-1690

Satire on the trial of Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, 1663. Creator: Cornelis Saftleven
Satire on the trial of Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, 1663. Other Title(s): Satire on the trial of Johan van Oldenbarneveldt

View of Namur from the East during the Siege of 1695, (1695). Creator: Dirk Maes
View of Namur from the East during the Siege of 1695, (1695)

The Battle of Ramillies between the French and the Allied Powers, 23 May 1706, (1706-1710). War of the Spanish Succession

Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566-1633) as a nun, 1620s. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Maximilan II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (marble)
471370 Maximilan II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (marble) by Kerricx, Willem (1652-1719); height: 117 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Dutch general of the Thirty Years War (litho)
3656146 Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Dutch general of the Thirty Years War (litho) by Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Tserclaes)

Musicians playing for Margaret of Austria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, during her meal (engraving)
3647768 Musicians playing for Margaret of Austria, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, during her meal (engraving) by European School

The confederacy of Dutch nobles presenting a petition of their grievances to Margaret of Parma
3647766 The confederacy of Dutch nobles presenting a petition of their grievances to Margaret of Parma, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1566 (engraving) by European School

Siege of Limbourg by the Duke of Parma, 1578 (engraving)
3647763 Siege of Limbourg by the Duke of Parma, 1578 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Limbourg by the Duke of Parma, 1578)

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (engraving)
3647482 Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alexander Farnese)

Wagons of the Hanseatic League, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620668 Wagons of the Hanseatic League, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wagons of the Hanseatic League)

Don Carlos Coloma Marquus d Espina, 1827 (oil on panel)
3035961 Don Carlos Coloma Marquus d Espina, 1827 (oil on panel) by White, T.S. (fl.1827); 23x18 cm; Magdalen College, Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Carlos Coloma Marquus d Espina (1573-1637), governor

Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, 1827 (oil on panel)
3035950 Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, 1827 (oil on panel) by White, T.S. (fl.1827); 22.5x17 cm; Magdalen College, Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Isabella Clara Eugenia (12 August 1566 - 1 December 1633)

Horse litter, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620665 Horse litter, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horse litter, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century)

Hanseatic fifers and drummers, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620662 Hanseatic fifers and drummers, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hanseatic fifers and drummers)

Louis of Nassau captures Mons by surprise, 1572 (engraving)
3647762 Louis of Nassau captures Mons by surprise, 1572 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis of Nassau captures Mons by surprise, 1572)

Archduke Albert VII of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (engraving)
3647760 Archduke Albert VII of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, at the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (engraving) by European School

Trading post of the Hanseatic League in Antwerp, 16th Century (engraving)
3647466 Trading post of the Hanseatic League in Antwerp, 16th Century (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trading post of the Hanseatic League in Antwerp)

Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, winning a crossbow shooting competition (coloured engraving)
3646256 Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, winning a crossbow shooting competition (coloured engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Philip the Handsome)

Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands (coloured engraving)
3646253 Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands (coloured engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633)

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish General and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (engraving)
3639021 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish General and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (engraving) by Vaughan

Sack of Mechelen by the Spanish, 1572 (engraving)
3646570 Sack of Mechelen by the Spanish, 1572 (engraving) by Hogenberg, Franz (1540-c.1590) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sack of Mechelen by the Spanish, 1572)

King Louis XIV at the defeat of the Spanish army near the Bruges Canal in 1667 (litho)
972529 King Louis XIV at the defeat of the Spanish army near the Bruges Canal in 1667 (litho) by Meulen, Adam Frans van der (1632-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

Entry of a chamber of rhetoric, a drama society, into Antwerp, 16th Century (engraving)
3647767 Entry of a chamber of rhetoric, a drama society, into Antwerp, 16th Century (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entry of a chamber of rhetoric)

Albert and Isabella of Austria visiting the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, 17th Century (engraving)
3647757 Albert and Isabella of Austria visiting the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, 17th Century (engraving) by European School

Antwerp at the time of the sack of the city by the Spanish, known as the Spanish Fury, 1576 (engraving)
3647450 Antwerp at the time of the sack of the city by the Spanish, known as the Spanish Fury, 1576 (engraving) by German School

Antwerp carriage and patache, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho)
3620670 Antwerp carriage and patache, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Antwerp carriage and patache)

Rubens carriage, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho)
3620669 Rubens carriage, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rubens carriage, Spanish Netherlands)

Merchants float carrying musicians, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620667 Merchants float carrying musicians, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Merchants float carrying musicians)

The Archbishop visiting the goldsmiths of Mechelen (Malines), 17th Century (chromolitho)
2782507 The Archbishop visiting the goldsmiths of Mechelen (Malines), 17th Century (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Stagecoach and escort, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho)
3620671 Stagecoach and escort, Spanish Netherlands, early 17th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stagecoach and escort, Spanish Netherlands)

Horsemen carrying banners of the Hanseatic League and some of its member cities, Spanish Netherlands
3620666 Horsemen carrying banners of the Hanseatic League and some of its member cities, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins

Barge on the Bruges-Ghent Canal, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620664 Barge on the Bruges-Ghent Canal, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barge on the Bruges-Ghent Canal)

Ramshackle carriage, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho)
3620663 Ramshackle carriage, Spanish Netherlands, 16th Century (colour litho) by Heins, Armand Jean (1856-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ramshackle carriage, Spanish Netherlands)

Arrival of the Duke of Alba in Brussels to take up his post as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1567 (engraving)
3647444 Arrival of the Duke of Alba in Brussels to take up his post as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, 1567 (engraving) by German School

Entry of Archduke Albert VII and Archduchess Isabella of Austria into Lille, 1600 (engraving)
3647761 Entry of Archduke Albert VII and Archduchess Isabella of Austria into Lille, 1600 (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist and doctor, and his son
6029818 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist and doctor, and his son, the alchemist Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (engraving) by Flemish School

Portrait of Ernestine Yolande, Princess of Ligne, after 1618 (oil on panel)
5671999 Portrait of Ernestine Yolande, Princess of Ligne, after 1618 (oil on panel) by Ravesteyn, Jan Anthonisz. van (c.1570-1657); 63.5x53.4 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague

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"The Spanish Netherlands: A Tapestry of Power, Conflict, and Resilience" Step into the vibrant world of the Spanish Netherlands, where political intrigue and artistic brilliance intertwine. The Triumph of the Archduchess Isabella (1556-1633) in the Brussels Ommeganck captures a momentous celebration that showcases the grandeur of this era. Intriguing portraits come to life as we gaze upon Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621), portrayed with regal elegance by Frans Pourbus, the Younger (1569-1622). His presence exudes authority and hints at his crucial role in shaping this tumultuous period. Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands stands tall in marble glory. This sculpture symbolizes strength amidst adversity—a testament to resilience during challenging times. Yet not all stories are filled with triumph. The Last Tribute to Counts Egmont and Hoorn reminds us of their tragic fate—oil on canvas immortalizing their sacrifice for freedom against oppressive forces. The Execution of Counts Egmont and Horn engraving transports us back to that fateful day in Brussels when justice was overshadowed by tyranny—an event etched forever into history's annals. Engravings depicting mass executions carried out by the Spanish at Haarlem send shivers down our spines. These haunting images serve as a stark reminder of human suffering during times marked by conflict and oppression. Another chilling engraving portrays The Execution Spell Brabant—a dark chapter where innocence was unjustly condemned. It serves as a poignant reminder that power can be wielded without mercy or reason. Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly litho reveals a Dutch general who played a significant role in shaping events during the Thirty Years War—a figure whose actions left an indelible mark on this troubled era. Amidst turmoil, art and culture flourished.