Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Schenkenschanz and Rhine river, 1599
1599 or laterEngraving and etching; from two copperplates on three sheets of paper, joined; mounted on paper (Mount type A, mount protrudes 3 mm to left edge) | Scale: scale bar: Een gemenne Duytsche myle Inhoudende 2000 Rynlantsche Roede. [57 mm =]. | RCIN 721092
A topographical map of the River Rhine and a wide band of adjacent country from Harderwijk on the old shores of the IJsselmeer in Gelderland, Netherlands, in the north to Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the south; details of the events surrounding the siege of Schenkenschans, 28 April-May 1599, by Maurice of Nassau, are engraved on the map. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648). Oriented with south-west to top.
In 1599, Schenckenschanz (shown in the centre of this map) stood in a strategically important position at the confluence of the Waal and the Rhine. In that year, no sooner had Maurice of Nassau strengthened the fortifications of Schenkenschanz than the fortress was besieged, unsuccessfully, by the Deputy Governor General of the Spanish Netherlands, Andreas of Austria (16 May 1558-12 November 1600). The fortifications and locations relating to that siege are shown on this map.
The map extends from Dillick (Dülken, North Rhine-Westphalia 51°15ʹ13ʺN 06°20ʹ08ʺE) in the top left corner (south-west) to Crevelt (Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 51°20ʹ21ʺN 06°35ʹ10ʺE), Ordingen (Uerdingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 51°21ʹ17ʺN 06°38ʹ02ʺE) and Dusseren (Duissern, NRW, 51°26ʹ11ʺN 06°47ʹ23ʺE) along the left edge and bottom left corner, and from Amersfoort (Utrecht 52°09ʹ18ʺN 05°23ʹ15ʺE) in the top right corner and Harderwyck (Harderwijk, Gelderland 52°20ʹ30ʺN 05°37ʹ15ʺE) on the right (north) edge. Wesel and Doesburg (Gelderland 52°00ʹ45ʺN 06°08ʹ20ʺE) on the IJssel touch the bottom (north-east) edge while Wageningen (Gelderland, 51°58ʹ12ʺN 05°40ʹ00ʺE) on the Nederrijn lies on the top (west-south-west) edge.
Workshop of Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (printmaker)
After Johannes Jacobus Schort (active 1635-6) (artist)
Watermark: None visible
Condition: two fold lines; worn; brown discolouration; small tears and holes along joins; small pieces missing from top edge. Verso: remains of Mount Type A; no gilt edges
Scale: scale bar: Een gemenne Duytsche myle Inhoudende 2000 Rynlantsche Roede. [57 mm =].
25.3 x 99.1 cm (image and sheet)
Printed title:
None
Annotations:
George III heading: Schenken-schantz 1599.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top, right of centre, red pencil:] 1/84.
George III catalogue entry:
Schenken-schantz A Plan of the Environs of Schenken-schantz relative to the operations of Prince Maurice in 1599. 4 small sheets.
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. 2737
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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