Beeldenstorm

thumb|Print of the destruction in the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Church of Our Lady in Antwerp, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by [[Frans Hogenberg]]

Beeldenstorm () in Dutch and Bildersturm in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or Iconoclastic Fury. During these spates of iconoclasm, Catholic art and many forms of church fittings and decoration were destroyed in unofficial or mob actions by Calvinist Protestant crowds as part of the Protestant Reformation. Most of the destruction was of art in churches and public places. thumb|Protestant polemical print celebrating the destruction, 1566