"Jacques de la Faille had commanded the ninth division of the Antwerp People’s Militia. Alessandro Farnese’s Spanish army forced him to flee the city, which soon ...
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fell to the invaders. De la Faille took his family to Haarlem, and worked in his father’s shipping firm. He had Goltzius engrave this, and a matching portrait of his wife, to demonstrate their continuing wealth and political stature. " - https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/4232/jacques-de-la-faille, 06.06.2022
