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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

BARTHOLOMEUS WILLEMSZ. DOLENDO (C. 1560-1626)

View of the Battle of Turnhout, 1597 (Turnhout, Antwerp Province, Belgium) 51°19ʹ21ʺN 04°56ʹ41ʺE

1597 or later

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 34.6 x 47.5 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 721087

A view of the Battle of Turnhout, fought on 24 January 1597, between the Dutch and English, commanded by Maurice of Nassau (14 November 1567-23 April 1625) Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and Sir Francis Vere (c.1560-18 August 1609) and the Spanish army, commanded by the Master of the Ordnance, General Count Jean de Rie of Varas (d. 24 January 1597), resulting in a Dutch-English victory. Eighty Years War (Dutch War of Independence) (1568-1648).

See the notes to RCIN 721086 for the background and brief account of this battle. This view depicts the scene at the point in the battle where Maurice of Nassau had ordered the cavalry, commanded by Hohenlohe (marked here as ‘Hoenloius’) and Solms (Solmensis), with the English horse of Horace Vere, Sidney and Parker, to gallop round the west flank of the fleeing Spanish garrison of Turnhout, and stop them from gaining the safety of the defile at the northern end of the heath. This view shows the van of the Spanish garrison, some Germans led by Grobbendonk, disappearing along the enclosed road to Herenthals (not named). The rest of the Spanish garrison is squarely caught by the Dutch and English horse on the open heath. Following Grobbendonk come the Spanish lances, under Guzmann (Gusmannus) and Alonzo Dragon (Buccinator Ducis Dragonii) – whose horse was cut to pieces and lost their standard (seen here on the ground), and Juan de Cordova (Ioannes Cordubensis), with Nicolas Basta (Nicol. Basta), an old officer, can be seen to the right of the view. They are followed by the German regiment of Count Sulz (Comes Suicius), and two Wallon regiments under Hachicourt (Aschicourtius) and La Barlette (Barlottus), finishing with a Spanish tercio commanded by the Marquis of Trevico (Mar. Treuicensis). The foot regiments/arquebusiers Francis Vere bring up the rear. The tattered flags of the defeated Spanish Netherlands decorate the corners of the print.

  • Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo (c. 1560-1626) (engraver)

    Henrick van Haestens (active 1596-1629) (publisher) [bottom of view:] BDolendo sculp. Hen. L. Haestenius excud. Cum Privilegio.

    Subject(s)

    Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625)
    Sir Francis Vere (1560-1609)
  • Watermark: Indistinct, a shield with three crowns above

    Condition: one fold line; brown discolouration and staining; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present

  • 34.6 x 47.5 cm (image and neatline)

    40.4 x 54.7 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    MAVRITIVS GVL · PR · AVR · F · COM · NASS · FOEDERATARVM PROVINC · SALVTEM, VT SVPREMAM LEGEM, IN SVI GESTANS PECTORIS PENETRALIBVS, ANNO M D XCVII EX A·D·XII KAL·FEBR·HAGA·PROFECTVS, RAPTIS POSTRIDIE SECVM, QVAE AD FANVM D·GERTRVDIS, SVB SVIS DVCIBVS IUSSAE CONVENERANT, COPIIS, ALTERO POST DIE, DEI OPT·MAX·AVXILIO; HOSTEM, QVI PERCVLSVS EIVS ADVENTV IAM TVRNHOVTO FVGIEBAT, CVM EQVITATV SOLVM SVO PERSEQVITVR; ADSEQVVTVS DVO AMPLIVS MILLIA, INQ·HIS VARAXIVM COMITEM, MOMENTO FERE CAEDIT; RELIQVIS CVM CAPTIS, TVM IN FVGAM CONIECTIS, OCTAVO, POSTQVA ABIERAT, DIE, HAGAM REVERSVS, IBI XXXIIX, QVÆ REPORTARAT, VEXILLA, PVBLICO LOCO SVBFIGIT. [in rim around oval view]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Turnhout 24 Jan.y 1597.

    Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1597; [top left, black pencil, underneath K.Mil number:] 88. (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 1/79; [top left, black pencil, erased:] I/8[?]; [top right, black pencil, erased:] Turnhout.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Turnhout A View of the Battle of Turnhout, 24 Jan.y 1597: by Bart Dolendo. H.L. Haestethius excud.

  • Subject(s)

    Turnhout, Antwerp Province, Belgium (51°19ʹ21ʺN 04°56ʹ41ʺE)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    C. Oman, A history of the art of war in the sixteenth century, London, reprinted 1989, pp. 578-583

    M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2733

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  • 25 May 2024