Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day: Gaspard de Coligny is stepping out of his house about to be killed by a marauding crowd. Coloured aquatint by J-B. Morret after A.L.F. Sergent.
- Sergent-Marceau, Antoine François, 1751-1847.
- Date:
- 1788
- Reference:
- 42781i
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Coligny was a leader of the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion till he was assassinated in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew, 1572. He was shot but not killed by the Guise faction and then wounded in his bed by François, Duc de Guise, and thrown out of the window on to the street. The mob hanged him on a gibbet
Publication/Creation
Paris (17 Place Maubert vis-a-vis la rue des trois portes) : Blin, 1788.
Physical description
1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 13 x 14.8 cm
Lettering
Mort de Coligny. Gaspard de Coligni naquit en 1516 à Chatillon sur Loing. Il porta les armes des sa jeunesse la plus tendre, et se signala ... Sergent del. Moret sculp.
The extensive lettering underneath the print describes the rise and fall of Gaspard de Châtillion, Comte de Coligny, in great detail
Reference
Wellcome Collection 42781i
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