Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
Letterpress text on three pieces of paper, joined to form one column of text; not mounted | 44.1 x 8.3 cm (sheet) | RCIN 722093.c
Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652)
Letterpress text accompanying the map of the siege of Schenkenschanz, 1635, at RCIN 722093.a. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
See also RCINs 722093.b, d-f.
Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of RCIN 722093.e:] t’ AMSTELREDAM, By Claes Jansz. Visscher.
Watermark: None visible
Condition: no fold lines; brown discolouration
44.1 x 8.3 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
None
Annotations:
George III heading: Schenken-schantz 1635
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) each of the twelve pieces of paper is numbered separately in ink [contemporary with Cassiano dal Pozzo?] from 1 to 12. [See also RCINs 722093.b, d-f]
George III catalogue entry:
Schenken-schantz Carte de la situation du Fort de Schenck et des nouveaux Forts qui sont aux Environs, avec l’Assiegement par le Prince d’Orange en 1635: par I.I. Schort Ing.r 1635. 2 feuilles: avec une Vue du Fort par C.I. Visscher, et un Journal du Siege.
From the collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-22 October 1657); inherited by his brother, Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo (1606-1689); sold by Carlo Antonio’s grandson to Clement XI, 1703; acquired by Cardinal Alessandro Albani by 1714, from whom purchased by George III in 1762
Schenkenschanz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (51°50ʹ09ʺN 06°06ʹ37ʺE)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2976