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 the Battle of Nieuwpoort, 1600 (Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium) 51°07'48"N 02°45'04"E
1600 or laterLetterpress 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-NetherlandsArmy-EnglandArmy-SpainMaurice, 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
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