Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600
Afbeeldinge vanden aentocht des Eertshertogē Albertus leger, tegen den vvelcken sijn Pr. Excel. commandeerde Graef Ernst met / ontrent 1000, man te voet … [Gothic text begins:] Een clare ende waerachtige...
1608 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper together with another view and a separate panel of letterpress text; (Mount Type B) | 17.1 x 23.9 cm (image and sheet of top view) | RCIN 721105.b
Two low oblique views, with letterpress text, of the early stages of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, fought on 2 July 1600 between the Dutch, commanded by Maurice of Nassau (14 November 1567-23 April 1625), and the Spanish Habsburg army, commanded by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (13 November 1559-13 July 1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and Francisco de Mendoza, Admiral of Aragón (bap.21 August 1550-1 March 1623), Commander-in-Chief of the Habsburg army of Flanders, resulting in a Dutch victory. The Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648).
See also RCIN 721105.a. See the notes to RCINs 721099 and 721102.
Attributed to Lambert Cornelisz (active 1593-1621) (etcher)
Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom left of top view:] C J Visscher excudit. [bottom right on bottom view:] C J Visscher excudit.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold to mount and central item; heavy brown discolouration; gilt edges; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso.
17.1 x 23.9 cm (image and sheet of top view)
17.0 x 23.9 cm (image and sheet of bottom view)
7.1 x 23.6 cm (image and sheet of text)
49.4 x 36.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Afbeeldinge vanden aentocht des Eertshertogē Albertus leger, tegen den vvelcken sijn Pr. Excel. commandeerde Graef Ernst met / ontrent 1000, man te voet … [Gothic text begins:] Een clare ende waerachtige / historische vertellinghe ende eyghentlijcke ooghen= / schynlijcke afbeeldinghe: Soo vanden ghewichtigen Aenslach / onpartydighen / Doortocht / en triumphante Victorie der E. Heeren Generale Staten vereenichder Nederlandtscher Provintien [Heyr]–Leghers / onder het beleyt van / sijn Pr. Excel. Graef Mauritius Nassouwe in Vlaenderen / tusschen Nieu- / poort ende Oostende teghen d'Eertzhertoge Albertus van Oostenrijc. [letterpress text, mounted between views 1 and 2, in Roman and Gothic type]
Additional text of top view:
[top left, in cartouche, a poem, begins:] Vt fama Comes audierat Mauritius, hostem …[bottom right, the number one:] 1.
Additional text of bottom view:
[bottom right, in a cartouche, begins:] At contra letis gandens successibus hostis, … [bottom right, the number two:] 2.
Annotations:
George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Nieuport Four small Views of the Battle of Nieuport: by C.I. Visscher: with a Description.
Subject(s)
Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium (51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2753-2755
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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