The Cathedral of Our Lady is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Antwerp, Belgium. Today's seat of the Diocese of Antwerp started in 1352 and, although the first stage of construction was ended in 1521, has
Cathedral of Our Lady
Print of the destruction in the church, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by Frans Hogenberg
Antwerp Cathedral, Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649, National Gallery of Art
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Beeldenstorm
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Beeldenstorm in Dutch and Bildersturm in German are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or
Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
…of Belgium by the promulgation of the Concordat of 1801. It was made a cathedral again in 1961. During the Iconoclasm of 20 August 1566 (part of the Beeldenstorm at the start of the Eighty Years' War), Protestants destroyed a large part of the cathedral's interior. The eye-witness Richard Clough, a Welsh Protestant…
Protestant polemical print celebrating the destruction, 1566
A German woodcut of 1530 titled Klagrede der armen verfolgten Götzen und Tempelbilder (English: "Complaint of the poor persecuted idols and temple pictures") by Erhard Schön.
An outdoor sermon depicted by Pieter Bruegel the Elder as The Sermon of St John the Baptist, 1566.