The capture of Francis I, king of France, during the battle of Pavia (1525). The king on horseback is surrounded by three knights, also on horseback. In the foreground is the body of a defeated knight. On the background tents and armies with the city of Pavia in the distance. The print is part of a twelve-part series on the victories of Charles V. He has a separate text strip with a Latin text, Prisoner of French I during the battle of Pavia, 1525 Victory of Charles V (series title) Divi Caroli. V. imp. opt. max. victoriae, ex multis praecipuae (series title), print maker: Dirck Volckertsz. Coornhert, (possibly), print maker: Cornelis Bos, (possibly), Maarten van Heemskerck, print maker: Haarlem, print maker: Antwerp, Haarlem, publisher: Antwerp, 1555 - 1556, paper, etching, engraving, letterpress printing, h 155 mm × w 232 mm
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