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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

CLAES JANSZ. VISSCHER (1587-1652)

View of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E

1600 or later

Letterpress text; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 17.5 x 58.1 cm (sheet, columns 1-4) | RCIN 721103.b

Accompanying text to RCIN 721103.a. Eight numbered columns of explanatory letterpress text on four sheets of paper; joined to give two sheets mounted one above the other on one sheet.

  • Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652) (printer) [bottom of column 8:] t’Amstelredam, Gedruckt by Claes Iansz. Visscher, woonende inde Calver-straet/ | inde Visscher.

    Subject(s)

    Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)
    Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621)
    Army-Netherlands
    Army-England
    Army-Spain
    Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)
    Henry Nassau, Count of Auverquerque (1640-1708)
  • Watermark: On mount: cropped, a five-tiered crown. On text: a cresvent with several decorations above

    Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of Mount Type B; no gilt edges

  • 17.5 x 58.1 cm (sheet, columns 1-4)

    17.4 x 58.3 cm (sheet, columns 5-8)

  • Printed title:

    Excel. Met de Francoysē / daer na de Engelsche … [title appears to be missing; text at top of column 1 begins]

    Printed title:

    Aenwijsinge op het Leger van sijn Excell.te water en te Lan= / de met de gheleghentheyt der plaetsen. [subheading at bottom of column 5]

    Printed title:

    Aenwijsinghe van des vyants Legher / onder tbeleyt van den Ertzhertoge Albertus. [subheading top right of column 6]

    Printed title:

    Lijste der namen van de voorneemste die van den vyant in / desen Slach ghevanghen en doodt ghebleven zijn. [subheading at bottom of column 6]

    Printed title:

    Wat na de Victorie voorts gheschiet is. [subheading halfway down column 8]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600. Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Nieuport A View of the Battle of Nieuport on the 2.d of July 1600, by Lambartus Cornelius; published by Visscher: 2 sheets: with a Description

  • Subject(s)

    Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium (51°07'48"N 02°45'04"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. 2751, 2752

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024