Franco-Spanish War (1635-59)
Contemporary maps and prints of the major battles and sieges from 1635 to 1658
Siege of Mortara, 1658
DISEGNO DI MORTARA / Assediata dall’ Armi di Sua / Maestá Christianiss.ma / Sotto il commando dell’ / Altezza Sereniss.ma / DIMODANA
1658 or laterEtching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges right and bottom | Scale: 1:22,000 approx. | RCIN 723114
A map and high oblique view of Modena, besieged from 3-25 August 1658 by the French under the command of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610-58). Franco-Spanish War (1635-59). Oriented with south to top (cardinal points).
Barthélémy Fénis (active 1653-69) (printmaker) [bottom right:] Barthelemy / Fenis Mutine / Fecit
Watermark: Map: eagle within crowned circle. Mount: none.
Condition: ten fold lines; creased; some foxing and brown coloration to right and bottom edges of mount. Verso: surface dirt along the folds of the left hand side which would have been exposed when the item was folded; foxing to bottom edge. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso
Scale: 1:22,000 approx. Scale bar: Scala di trecento Passiandti [21 mm =].
33.3 cm (Height) (platemark)
33.0 x 46.1 cm (neatline)
33.4 x 46.4 cm (sheet)
39.8 x 52.1 cm (mount)
Printed title:
DISEGNO DI MORTARA / Assediata dall’ Armi di Sua / Maestá Christianiss.ma / Sotto il commando dell’ / Altezza Sereniss.ma / DIMODANA [top right, in cartouche embellished with baskets and swags of fruit and cornucopia]
Additional text:
[down right side, in cartouche depicting a curtain hanging on a tasselled cord which forms the top and left borders of the map, a key, A-I, L-T, V, X, Y and 1-84 to the fortifications and regiments.]
Annotations:
Mortara taken by the Duke of Modena 25 August 1658.
Other annotations: (Recto) [along left edge, black pencil, the old heading]. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, partly erased:] III/[135].
George III catalogue entry:
Mortara Disegno di Mortara assediata dall’ Armi di S.M. Christianissima sotto il commando del Duca di Modena et preso li 25 Agosto 1658: da Barthelemy Fenis Mutine.
Subject(s)
Mortara, Lombardy, Italy (45°14ʹ50ʺN 08°44ʹ07ʺE)
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. 3233
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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