French king Francis I taken prisoner at Pavia during war with the Holy Roman Empire 1525. Hand-colored woodcut

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Hand-colored 19th century reproduction of an earlier engraving

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Size: 3969px × 2881px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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