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
Afbeeldinghe hoe den Eertzhertoge Albertus van sijn Huysvrouwe Isabella Clara Eugenia … // Afbeeldinghe Hoe syne Pr, Excell, Graef Mauritius met synen Broeder Prins Hendrick …
1600 or laterEngraving; printed from two copperplates on two sheets of paper, joined. Letterpress text is printed above each print on the same sheet of paper. Mount cropped (Mount Type B) | 21.2 x 95.7 cm (image) | RCIN 721106
Full length portraits on horseback of Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (12 August 1566-1 December 1633), Archduchess of Austria and her husband, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (13 November 1559-13 July 1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, together with Francisco de Mendoza (shown standing), Admiral of Aragón (bap.21 August 1550-1 March 1623), Commander-in-Chief of the Habsburg army of Flanders, all on the left, and, to the right, Maurice of Nassau (14 November 1567-23 April 1625) and his brother, Frederick Henry (29 January 1584-14 March 1647). The Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648).
See the notes to RCINs 721099 and 721102.
The background to the portraits is a high oblique view taken from inland looking west to the North Sea, extending from Ellemouts dijck (Ellemeet, Zeeland 51°43ʹ42ʺN 03°48ʹ55ʺE) in the north to Dunkirk (51°01ʹ58ʺN 02°22ʹ37ʺE) in the south. The march route of the Dutch army is shown, from the landing of the ship transports at Sas van Gent (51°13ʹ39ʺN 03°47ʹ55ʺE) on 22 June 1600 to Oostende (51°13ʹ24ʺN 02°54ʹ42ʺE) and, in the centre background of the print is a scaled-down representation of the Battle of the Dunes.
The Rijksmuseum example of this print (RP-P-OB-80.454A) lacks the letterpress title and text and is mounted directly below Lambert Cornelisz.’s view of the battle (see RCIN 721103).
? Lambert Cornelisz (active 1593-1621) (engraver)
Watermark: None visible
Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration. Verso: remains of Mount Type B; no gilt edges, some pressure marks
17.3 x 95.8 cm (neatline)
21.2 x 95.7 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
21.2 x 96.0 cm (sheet)
Lettered:
Afbeeldinghe hoe den Eertzhertoge Albertus van sijn Huysvrouwe Isabella Clara Eugenia … // Afbeeldinghe Hoe syne Pr, Excell, Graef Mauritius met synen Broeder Prins Hendrick … [across top of view]
Annotations:
George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Nieuport Portraits of Isabella Clara Eugenia, the Archduke Albert, Franciscus a Mendoza, and the Princes Maurice and Henry of Nassau: with a distant view of the Battle of Nieuport. 2 sheets.
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. 2760
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14 March 2024
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