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 laterEngraving and etching; printed from two copperplates on two sheets of paper, joined; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 34.0 x 95.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 721103.a
A low oblique view of the Battle of Nieuwpoort, fought on 2 July 1600 between the Dutch, commanded by Maurice of Nassau, and the Spanish Habsburg army, commanded by Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (13 November 1559-13 July 1621), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and Francisco de Mendoza, Admiral of Aragón (bap.21 August 1550-1 March 1623), Commander-in-Chief of the Habsburg army of Flanders, resulting in a Dutch victory. The Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648). See RCINs 721103.b and c for the accompanying letterpress text.
See the notes to RCINs 721099 and 721102.
Lambert Cornelisz (active 1593-1621) (engraver)
Claes Jansz. Visscher (1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom right:] Lambartus Cornelius fecit et excudebat C[laes] J[ans] Visscher.
Subject(s)
Army-NetherlandsArmy-EnglandArmy-SpainMaurice, 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)Condition: one fold line; 7.2 cm tear along central fold; heavy brown discolouration. Verso: remains of Mount Type B on left side; no gilt edges
34.0 x 95.9 cm (image and sheet)
Printed title:
None
Dedication:
[in a cartouche, bottom left:] Illustriβimis, Nobiliβimis … Domino Mauritio nato Principi Uraniæ … Clementiβimis suis Do: / minis Lambartus Cornelij dedicabat.
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. 2750
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