Feest in Brussel na de inname van de stad Buda in 1686. De analyse van een politiek prentenverhaal van Romeyn de Hooghe

In September 1686 Brussels was the scenery of triumphal celebrations organised by Prince Eugene Alexander of Thurn and Taxis (1652-1714) and the Spanish Habsburg governor Francisco Antonio de Agurta, marquis of Castanaga (1640 - 1702). After being 150 years in possession of the Ottomans, Buda, the Hungarian capital, was conquered by the Habsburg Austrian emperor, Leopold I (1640 – 1705). This highly symbolic victory at Buda on the Turks was celebrated throughout the Habsburg empire and beyond. The Dutch printer and artist Romeyn de Hooghe (1645 - 1708) covered the celebrations in Brussels in a set of engravings. These printed engravings tell a unique story how the Brussels public sphere experienced and celebrated the conquest of Buda by the Habsburgs with a distinct portrayal of the Ottomans. The textual and iconographic analysis of these prints and engravings with the different stages of the celebrations forms the base of the following research.http://achttiendeeeuw.wordpress.com/jg-45-2013-1-2/status: publishe