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title: Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel
author: August Weckesser
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15157/zwinglis-death-on-the-battlefield-of-kappel/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel
_Authored by August Weckesser_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15157.png)
## Image Caption
*[Zwingli](https://www.worldhistory.org/Huldrych_Zwingli/)'s [Death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) on the Battlefield of Kappel*, oil on canvas painting by August Weckesser, 1854, depicting [Huldrych Zwingli](https://www.worldhistory.org/Huldrych_Zwingli/)'s death in the [Kappel Wars](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kappel_Wars/) in 1531.
Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Weckesser, A. (2022, January 19). Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Weckesser, August. "Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 19, 2022. .
### MLA
Weckesser, August. "Zwingli's Death on the Battlefield of Kappel." *World History Encyclopedia*, 19 Jan 2022, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weckesser-Zwingli.png) by [**August Weckesser**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weckesser-Zwingli.png). Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 19 January 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.