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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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Valenza, 1635

Discritione della positura et sitto del luoco di Valenza con le fortificationi fattoui dala genta del Re’ Catt:co et quelle fattoui la seconda uolta dal Maresciallo de Chrichi, quando ui ritorno unitamente con l’esser=...

1635 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges top and right | 20.9 x 32.9 cm (neatline) | RCIN 722099

A high oblique view of Valenza, defended by the Spanish, commanded by the military governor, Don Martino Galiano and General Carlos Coloma de Saa (1567-23 November 1637), and besieged from 9 September to 28 October by Charles I de Blanchefort (1578-17 March 1638) Seigneur de Créquy, Duc de Lesdiguieres, Marshal of France, and Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (28 April 1612-11 September 1646) resulting in the lifting of the siege by the French. Thirty Years War (1618-1648). Oriented with south-south-west to top.

See also RCINs 722098.a-c.

  • Anonymous (printmaker)

  • Watermark: Map: none visible. Mount: five-pointed crown with six-pointed star above.

    Condition: verso: black ink smudges; slight foxing; some pressure marks

  • 20.9 x 32.9 cm (neatline)

    22.7 x 33.1 cm (image and sheet)

    cropped (platemark)

    52.2 x 41.2 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    Discritione della positura et sitto del luoco di Valenza con le fortificationi fattoui dala genta del Re’ Catt:co et quelle fattoui la seconda uolta dal Maresciallo de Chrichi, quando ui ritorno unitamente con l’esser= / cito di Parma, li 9 Sett.re 1635 in Domenica. [across top of print]

    Additional text:

    [bottom left, a key, A-F, to the fortifications guarded by the Spanish, Napolitans, Lombardi, Germans, and Swiss, and trenches where actions took place on the 26 September and 3 October.] [bottom, below the view, a continuation of the key, G-H, to fortifications and events on 11 and 20 September.] 

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Valenza 1635.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1635. (Verso) none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Valenza Discritione di Valenza con le Fortificationi fattoui dalle gente del Re Catt.co et quelle fattoui la seconda volta dal Maresciallo de Chrichi quando ui ritorno unitamente con l’Essercito di Parma li 9 Sett.re 1635.

  • Subject(s)

    Valenza, Piedmont, Italy (45°00ʹ44ʺN 08°38ʹ37ʺE)

  • 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. 2992

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  • 14 March 2024