Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Map of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E
1608 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper together with two panels of letterpress text and one other view; gilt edges to top and right | 16.8 x 23.8 cm (image and sheet of top view) | RCIN 721105.a
Two low oblique views, with letterpress text, of the later and final 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 RCIN 721105.b for the main title. See the notes to RCINs 721099 and 721102.
Attributed to Lambert Cornelisz. (active 1593-1621) (etcher)
Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of cartouche at top view, below text:] C J Visscher excudit.
[bottom of bottom view, right of centre:] C J Visscher excudit.Subject(s)
Army-SpainArmy-HollandMaurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621)Watermark: None visible
Condition: two fold lines; heavy brown discolouration; pressure marks from tmounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
16.8 x 23.8 cm (image and sheet of top view)
9.9 x 23.5 cm (image and sheet of top text)
16.9 x 23.8 cm (image and sheet of bottom view)
8.1 x 23.6 cm (image and sheet of bottom text)
54.1 x 37.5 cm (mount)
Printed title:
hebbende / sonder dat de Eerts-Hertoghe Albertus tot … [letterpress text panel in Dutch, (two columns printed in Gothic lettering, the remainder in Roman)]
Printed title:
Afbeeldinge van des vyants vlucht, welcke geschiede in sulckea confusie, dat d’Ertzhertoge Albertus in groot perijckei geraecte, … [bottom right, the number of the print:] 3. [letterpress text mounted below the view]
Printed title:
No title; text in cartouche, top right, begins:] Sic tandem dubia cessit victoria pugnæ … [bottom right, the number of the print:] 4.
Additional text of top view
[bottom, right of centre, in a cartouche, begins:] Ergo ubi fortiti campum, confligere gaudet, / Et conferre manum belli studiosa juventus / …
Annotations:
George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [left, on mount, red pencil:] 1/90; [left, on mount, black pencil, erased:] I/94 [and, black pencil:] II; [top left, black pencil, erased:] NieuportGeorge 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. 2751, 2752
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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