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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

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Schenkenschanz, 1635

Vera designatio inexpugnabilis fortalicÿ Hollandorum ad Rheni et Vahalis diuertigium uulgo dicti SCHENK SCHANS occupati strategemmate / a Militibus Regis Catholici 28. Iulÿ 1635

1635 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edge top | 25.0 x 32.8 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722092

A medium-high oblique view and letterpress text describing the capture of the fortress of Schenkenschanz on 27/28 July 1635 by the Spanish army commanded by Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609/1610-9 November 1641). Eighty Years War (1568-1648). Oriented with north to top.

See notes to RCIN 722089.

This shows almost identical detail to RCIN 722091 of which it may be a copy.

  • Anonymous (printmaker)

  • Watermark: View: indistinct, a hand? Mount: none.

    Condition: paper worn; small hole bottom, left of centre; some brown discolouration from the adhesive; slight foxing to mount; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above this print in a different collection are present on the recto

  • 25.0 x 32.8 cm (image and sheet)

    cropped (platemark)

    26.3 x 35.1 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    Vera designatio inexpugnabilis fortalicÿ Hollandorum ad Rheni et Vahalis diuertigium uulgo dicti SCHENK SCHANS occupati strategemmate / a Militibus Regis Catholici 28. Iulÿ 1635 [along top of view, in rectangular panel]

    Additional text:

    [top right of view, in rectangular panel, a key, A-I, K-M.]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Schenken-schantz 28 July 1635.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil, erased:] Schenken-Schantz.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Schencken-schantz Designatio Fortalicii Hollandorum ad Rheni et Vahalis divertigium vulgo dicti Schenk Schans occupati strategemmate a Militibus Regis Catholici, 28 Julii 1635.

  • Subject(s)

    Schenkenschanz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°50ʹ09ʺN 06°06ʹ37ʺE)

  • 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. 2973

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024