'The Last Respects to the Remains of the Counts Egmont and Hoorn', 1863. Artist: Louis Gallait

'The Last Respects to the Remains of the Counts Egmont and Hoorn', 1863. Artist: Louis Gallait

2-587-601 - © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images

'The Last Respects to the Remains of the Counts Egmont and Hoorn', 1863. Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522-1568) and Philip of Montmorency, Count Hoorn (1518-1568), were two popular Dutch Protestant leaders who were publicly beheaded by the Spanish rulers of the Netherlands in Brussels on 5 June 1568. Their execution was one of the catalysts that sparked the revolution that brought about the independence of the Netherlands. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.


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Creator
  1. Louis Gallait, attributed to: Belgian: Artist, painter, draughtsman
Subject
  1. Lamoral, Count of Egmont: Flemish: general, statesman
  2. Philip of Montmorency, Count Hoorn: Dutch: Statesman

Medium
  1. Oil

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Netherlands

  1. 52 30 00 N , 005 45 00 E

World Europe Belgium Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Brussels

  1. 50 50 00 N , 004 20 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

People Famous People

Society & Culture Art & Literature

History & Politics Other


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5072x3469
File Size : 51,548kb


Aliases

  1. 2747
  1. 0760002131
  1. 2-587-601
  1. 2587601
  1. 2747

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