Fig. 1 Frans Hogenburg and Michael Aitsinger, Leo Belgicus, c. 1586-88, Map, 367 x 444 mm, Koninklijke Bibliotheek Belgie, XIII A Pays Bas- 1588- Aitzinger- III 186
(Magazijn-Kaarten en Plans)
Fig.2.a Frans Hals, Regents of the Old Men’s Alms House, c.1664, oil on canvas, 172x256 cm, Frans Hals Museum, no. os I-115
Fig. 2.b Frans Hals, Regentesses of the Old Mens Alms House, c.1664, oil on canvas, 170x249.5 cm, Frans Hals Museum, no. os I-116
Fig. 3 Jesica Versichele, Escape room and #Delfie in the Princenhof Delft, 2016, digital photograph
Fig. 4 Adrien Tomasz. Key, William I Prince of Orange, c.1579, oil on panel, 48x35 cm, Rijksmuseum, no. SK-A-3148
Fig. 5 Michiel Jansz. Van Mierevelt, Portrait of Prince Maurits, c. 1613-20, oil on panel, 220.3x143.5cm, Rijksmuseum, no. SK-A-255
Fig. 6 Frans Francken, Allegory of the Abdication of Charles V in Brussles, c.1630-40, oil on panel, 134x172 cm, Rijksmueum, no. SK-A-112
Fig. 7 Adam van Vianen, Ewer and Basin with scenes of land and sea battles of the Eighty Years War, 1614, silver, h.38.5xw.17cm, Rijksmuseum, no. BK-AM-17-B
Fig. 8 Unknown Artist, Cup and Cover, c.1575-80, gilded silver, Rijksmuseum, on loan from private collection of the Duke of Yarborough
Fig. 10 Arno Coenen, Oud West Thuis Best, 2007, glazed ceramic tiles, 300x600 cm, Rijksmuseum, no. NG-2008-51
Fig. 12 Jesica Versichele, Photograph of the Paardenmarkt, 2016, digital photograph
Fig. 13 Herman ten Kate, The Liberation of Alkmaar, 1862, oil on canvas, 195x175cm, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
Fig. 14 “Brecht of Alkmaar”, Reconstruction of Human Remains, Huis van Hilde: Archaeological center of Castricum
Fig. 15 Unknown Artist, Kenau Simondr. Hasselaer, c.1590-1609, oil on panel, 34.8x26.5cm, Rijksmuseum, no. SK-A-50
Fig. 16 Unknown Artist, View of the Weigh House, c.1660, oil on canvas, 107.5x145.2 cm, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
Fig.17 Erwin Olaf, Liberty- Plague and Hunger During the Siege of Leiden, 2011, photograph 200x265cm, Lakenhal, no. S 5646.1
Fig. 18 Unknown Creator, Hutspot, before 1574, bronze, 24.1x31.9x25cm, Lakenhal, no. 3346
Fig. 19 Erwin Olaf, Spanish Abundance and Scarcity in Leiden, 2011, photograph, University of Leiden Special Collections, PK-F-2011-0040 ;2011
Fig. 20 Joris van Schoten, Presentation of the Famine During the Siege of Leiden 1574, 1643, oil on canvas, Lakenhal, no. S384
Fig.21 Mattheus Ignatius Van Bree, The Self Sacrifice of Mayor Pieter van der Werf, 1816-17, oil on canvas, 450x574cm, Lakenhal, no. S 46
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