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Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)

Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War

DONATO VAIVOD (ACTIVE 1629)

Map of 's-Hertogenbosch, 1629 ('s-Hertogenbosch [Bois-Le-Duc], North Brabant, Netherlands) 51°41'57"N 05°18'15"E

1629 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | Scale: 1:51,000 approx. | RCIN 722043

A high oblique view/map of the country round 's-Hertogenbosch, besieged April-14 September 1629, by the army of the United Provinces, commanded by Frederick-Henry of Orange and Nassau (29 January 1584-14 March 1647), resulting in the capitulation of the town by its governor, Anthonie Schetz, Baron van Grobbendonck (c.1564-5 August 1640) on 14 September 1629. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648). Oriented with south-south-east to top (cardinal points).

  • Donato Vaivod (active 1629) (etcher) [bottom left, inside neatline:] DonatVaivod Venet. f.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Netherlands
  • Watermark: Indistinct: three circles, a cross within the top circle

    Condition: one fold line to print which coincides with one of the two fold lines to the mount; 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: 1:51,000 approx. Scale bar: Miglia Italiani [36 mm =].

    31.1 x 24.6 cm (image)

    cropped (platemark)

    24.6 x 24.6 cm (neatline)

    54.2 x 39.9 cm (mount)

    32.8 x 24.6 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    ASSEDIO ET SITO DELLA CITTÁ DI BOLDVC IN BRABANTIA / assediata da Hollandesi, dal primo di Maggio 1629. sotto la condotta di Federico Henrico Pr. d’Orangia [top, above the neatline]

    Additional text:

    [left, in an unfurled scroll, a key, 1-13, to the forts and quarters of the siege commanders.] [Below the map, a geographical description of 's-Hertogenbosch and its surroundings. Text begins:] Bolduc citta fortissima del Re Catholico è capitale della quarta parte di Brabantia, chiamata in lingua sua volgare / s' Hertogenbosch …

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Bois le Duc 1629.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1629; [top left, on mount, black pencil:] Bois le Duc. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil: II/33; [bottom left of map, black pencil:] II/33 [and, red pencil:] 1/169.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Bois le Duc Assedio et Sito della Citta de Bolduc in Brabantia, assediata da Hollandesi dal 1.mo di Maggio 1629, sotto la condotta di Federico Henrico Pr. d’Orangia: da Donato Vaivod.

  • Subject(s)

    's-Hertogenbosch [Bois-Le-Duc], North Brabant, Netherlands (51°41'57"N 05°18'15"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. 2896

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  • 25 May 2024