Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Gennep, 1641
Nobilissimis ac Præpotentibus Fœderatarum / Belgij Provinciarum / ORDINIBUS GENERALIBUS / Nec non Illustrissimo ac belli laudibus clarissimo / HENRICO FREDERICO, / Principi Arausiorum, Comiti Nassaviæ etc, Duci exercitus...
published 1641Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges right and bottom | Scale: 1:5,600 approx. | RCIN 723002.a
A map of Gennep, defended by the Irish soldier in the Spanish service, Thomas Preston, 1st Viscount Tara (1585-1655), besieged by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (29 January 1584-14 March 1647) on 8 June and taken by him on 27 July 1641. Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Oriented with west-south-west to top (cardinal points).
The letterpress text which is at RCIN 723002.b describes the disposition of the Dutch encampment and gives a daily account of the siege together with a recital of the terms of surrender. It is a translation of the Dutch text mentioned by Campbell (1968, no.38), with the title beginning ‘Korte verklaringe …’. An example of the full Dutch text is in the Rijksmuseum (RP-P-OB-81.500E).
Workshop of Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (printmaker) [bottom centre:] CJVisscher Excudit.
? Schut, Pieter Hendricksz (1618/19-1660) (printmaker)
After Nicholaes Renaud (fl.1641) (draughtsman) [bottom left, below scale bar:] S.r Renaudus Delineavit. A.o 1641.
Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher)
Watermark: None visible
Condition: heavy brown discolouration; about 5 mm of re-used Mount Type A around left, bottom and right edges; some pressure marks
Scale: 1:5,600 approx. Scale bar: Scale van vyf hondert Paßen [72 mm =] 500.
39.9 x 52.2 cm (image and sheet)
40.5 x 53.0 cm (platemark)
Printed title:
Nobilissimis ac Præpotentibus Fœderatarum / Belgij Provinciarum / ORDINIBUS GENERALIBUS / Nec non Illustrissimo ac belli laudibus clarissimo / HENRICO FREDERICO, / Principi Arausiorum, Comiti Nassaviæ etc, Duci exercitus Generali, hanc / ARCIS GENNIPPENSIS / oppugnatæ atque expugnatæ tabulam humillimé offert dedicatque / Nicolaus Ioannis Visscher. [top right, in rectangular cartouche]
Annotation:
George III heading: Gennep 8 June – 27 July 1641.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1641. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Gennep A Plan of the Siege of Gennep invested by the Prince of Orange on the 8.th of June and taken on the 27.th of July 1641: by Renaudus, 1641: published by Visscher. [with a Description]
Subject(s)
Gennep (Limburg, Netherlands) 51°41ʹ54ʺN 05°58ʹ25ʺE
Bibliographic reference(s)
T. Campbell, ‘Claes Jansz. Visscher: a hundred maps described’, Map Collectors’ Circle, V, No. 46, London 1968
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3085
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