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An engraved portrait of a commander in an oval frame, surrounded by cherubs, trophies of arms and a long Latin inscription
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Count Buquoy

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Buquoy, who commanded the emperor's army at the White Mountain.

Made by
Anonymous
Made
1621
Technique
Engraving
Credit
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain (CC0).
The event: The battle of the White Mountain →Source ↗

A portrait made in the year of his death, framed in the trophies of war. Buquoy led the imperial army at the White Mountain beside Tilly’s army of the Catholic League.

An engraved portrait of a commander in an oval frame, surrounded by cherubs, trophies of arms and a long Latin inscription

The battle of the White Mountain

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