Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Breda, 1637
Nieuwe Kaerte / van / BREDA / belegert door syne /Altesa Frederick Hen: / drick van Nassou / Prince van Orangien / den 23 Iuly 1637
c.1637Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left and bottom | Scale: 1:25,000 approx. | RCIN 722108
A map of Breda, besieged for the fifth time from 21 July to 11 October 1637 by the Dutch, commanded by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (29 January 1584-14 March 1647), who retook the city from the Spanish who were under the command of the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (May 1609-9 November 1641). Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Oriented with west-north-west to top (cardinal points).
This is a later, revised, version of an earlier map by Claes Jansz. Visscher which, lacking the inset, bottom left, shows the situation in July 1636 (Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-81.412). The revised version, which shows the extension of the fortifications towards the end of the siege, is noted in Campbell, (1968), no.21. The example of this revised state in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-81.411) has letterpress text, printed below on the same sheet of paper, entitled: Aldernieuste gecorrigeerde en verbe- / terde Caerte van / BREDA, / Met een kort en bondigh verhael der / Stadt, haer ghelegentheyt, wederva- / ren, ende veranderinghe, door de Ne- / derlantsche Oorlogen over-kommen. with the imprint, br: ‘t’AMSTERDAM, By Claes Iansz. Visscher, 1637.
After Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (cartographer)
Watermark: Map: none visible. Mount: none.
Condition: one fold line; heavy brown discolouration recto and verso. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
Scale: 1:25,000 approx. Scale bars: 2000 Rynlantsche Roeden Makende een Duytsche Myle van 15 in een graedt [153 mm =].
35.0 x 49.0 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
40.4 x 53.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Nieuwe Kaerte / van / BREDA / belegert door syne /Altesa Frederick Hen: / drick van Nassou / Prince van Orangien / den 23 Iuly 1637. [top left, in cartouche]
Inset:
[bottom left, a larger-scale map of the Ginnekens Gate:] t’Hornwerck voor de Ginnekens Poort By syn Hoocheyt verovert op den / 7. September. 1637. Scale: 1:6,800 approx. 100 Rynlantsche Roeden [55 mm =]. Size: 8.9 x 16.4 cm (neatline).
Annotations:
George III heading: Breda 23 July 1637.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Breda Nieuwe Kaerte van Breda belegert door syne Altesa Frederick Hendrick van Nassou Prince van Orangien den 23 July 1637.
Subject(s)
Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands (51°35'11"N 04°46'33"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. 3006
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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