Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648)
Contemporary prints and maps of the battles and sieges of the Eighty Years War
View of Schenkenschanz, 1635 (Schenkenschanz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 51°50ʹ09ʺN 06°06ʹ37ʺE
1635 or laterEtching 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)
Subject(s)
Army-SpainWatermark: 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
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25 May 2024
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