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The Shelling of ’s-Hertogenbosch by the French
Also titled De beschieting van Den Bosch door de Fransen
Josephus Augustus Knip (Tilburg, 1777–1847)
1800
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 47 cm x width 62 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
At the request of the Patriots, a French army invaded the Dutch Republic in September 1794. After a siege lasting more than two weeks, ’s-Hertogenbosch was captured on 10 October. The city was shelled –even at night –with cannons set up by the French. To keep out the attackers, a large area around the city was flooded.
