In a time when there were no newspapers, prints were important disseminators of news. Depictions of special events, for instance a battle, were spread throughout Europe in print form. This imposing etching shows the Turkish army trekking through a ravaged landscape in a special order of battle. As a Catholic, Zobel was naturally interested in the ongoing conflict between the Christian world and the Ottoman Empire.
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