View of Piacenza, 1636 (Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) 45°02'48"N 09°41'57"E

Subject(s)

Watermark: View/map: none visible. Mount: none.

Condition: two fold lines; some brown staining and discolouration. Verso: some offsetting, perhaps from the same image. Pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso; black ink smudge to left edge of paper

29.1 x 41.2 cm (image and sheet)

cropped (platemark)

40.2 x 50.9 cm (mount)

Printed title:

CITTA DI PIACENZA [across top of view]

Dedication:

[top right, in ornamental cartouche:] Al / Ill.^mo et Ecc.^mo Sig.^re / mio Sig.^re et pron Coll.^mo / Il Sig.^r / PRENCIPE / D. HERCOLE TRIVVLZI / D.et D. / Gio. Batta Baratiori

Additional text:

[left, in a cartouche framed by draped material, a key, A-I, L-T, V, X-Z:] Posti ocupati da legenti di S.M. Catt.^a nel / primo attacco della Citta di Piacenza / il 24. Decembre 1636.

Annotations:

George III heading: Piacenza 24 December 1636.

Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil:] 1636. (Verso) none.

George III catalogue entry:

Piacenza A Plan of the City of Piacenza with the Posts occupied by the Spaniards in the first attack on the 24.^th of Dec.^r 1636: by Biffius, published by Baratieri.

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. 3005