Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
The Spanish leaving Maastricht, 1633 (Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands) 50°50'54"N 05°41'20"E
c.1633Etching and engraving; printed from six copperplates on six sheets of paper, joined; mounted on paper, mount cropped. (Remains of type B mount). | 21.5 x 142.1 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722065
A view of the Spanish garrison marching out of Maastricht with the honours of war on 23 August 1632 following their capitulation to the Dutch. Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
The print shows Prince Frederick Henry of Orange to the left, mounted, watching as the Spanish garrison with all its equipage marches away from Maastricht. The annotations on the verso of the print refer to numbers 66-71 of Frankens catalogue of van de Velde’s works but the entry for this item seems to appear only under no.71 on p.55.
Each of the six plates is numbered, bottom right, and all six were designed to be pasted together to form a long panorama, as in this example.
After Jan Martszen de Jonge (c. 1609-?1648) (draughtsman)
Jan van de Velde II (c. 1593-1641) (engraver) [next to title cartouche:] IM. D. Ionge invent. / J. V. Velde fecit
Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [top left, following on from title, in title banner:] CJVisscher excudebat
Subject(s)
Army-SpainFrederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)Watermark: Indistinct; the letters IN on a pot with a flower above?
Condition: two fold lines
21.5 x 142.1 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
Printed title:
DISCESSUS HISPANICI PRÆSIDII / TRAIECTI AD MOSAM Ao.1632. / DIE 23 AUGUSTI. [top left, in a banner]
Additional text:
[top right, in a banner, a key, A-H.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Maestricht 23 August 1632.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom centre, black pencil:] Nrs 66-71 of Franken's Van de Velde Cat.
George III catalogue entry:
Maestricht Discessus Hispanici Præsidii Trajecti ad Mosam, A.o 1632 die 23 Augusti: a I.M. de Jonge, incisa a I. v. Velde: apud C.I. Visscher. 6 tab.
Subject(s)
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (50°50'54"N 05°41'20"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. 2938
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3 November 2024
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