THE SACK OF ROME (1527) VATICAN SOLDIERS VS LANDSKNECHTS SET
€13.625,00
Product code: K832CM+K935TAV+K933ST (x2)
Unique chess set, made in bronze by "lost wax casting" process,
finished using gold 24 karat. Each piece is signed by the sculptor. The chessboard is made in onyx and bronze with a frame in bronze and gold. Stools in bronze with soft velvet seat.
The Landsknechts were german mercenary infantry of the 15th - 16th and 17th centuries, famous for the violence and looting perpetrated in France and Italy. In May 1527 Rome suffered the famous and terrible sack by the soldiers of Charles V, mostly made up of lutheran Landskechts.
KING: ht Cm 10,8 - TABLE: diam. Cm 64 - ht Cm 63 - square cm 5,6
STOOLS: Cm 34 x 34 x 45
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