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
published 1616Letterpress text printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 14.8 x 43.9 cm (sheet top text) | RCIN 721102.c
Accompanying text to RCIN 721102.a. Eight columns of letterpress text on four sheets of paper, joined to give two sheets of text mounted one above the other on one sheet.
The four pieces of text carry a printed number, top left: 5; 6; 7; 8. An extract from the Privilege granted by the States General, signed by C. Aerssens, to Floris Balthasarsz. is given at the end of the eighth sheet.
Floris Balthasarsz. van Berckenrode (1562/3-1616) (print seller) [bottom right, at end of column 8:] Dese Caerte vintmen te coop by Floris Balthazar inde Nobel/inde Choozstraet tot Delff.
Subject(s)
Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)Henry Nassau, Count of Auverquerque (1640-1708)Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584-1647)Albrecht VII, Archduke of Austria (1559-1621)Army-SpainArmy-NetherlandsArmy-EnglandWatermark: On both pieces of text: a pot, the letters 'G' and 'C' below. Mount: cropped; a person holding something
Condition: no fold lines; some brown discolouration and some pressure marks
14.8 x 43.9 cm (sheet top text)
15.1 x 44.3 cm (sheet bottom text)
39.3 x 54.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
en Hans Scheffer / de welcke … [in Gothic type, beginning at column 5]
Annotations:
George III heading: Nieuport 2 July 1600.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Nieuport A View of the Battle of Nieuport on the 2.d of July 1600, by Florentius Balthasar, published by Hondius, 1616: 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. 2748, 2749
Page revisions
23 May 2024
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