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Maps, views and diagrams of military reviews and encampments
View of the siege of Ostia, 1557 (Ostia Antica, Latium, Italy) 41°45ʹ30ʺN 12°17ʹ59ʺE
1557 or laterEngraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 28.6 x 32.0 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 721020
A high oblique view of the siege of Spanish-held Ostia by General Pietro Strozzi (c.1510-21 June 1558), Superintendent of the Papal army, resulting in the capitulation of the fortress on 24 January 1557. Oriented with east to top.
See RCIN 721019 for a description of the action shown in this print.
Anonymous (cartographer)
Watermark: Crossed arrows, six-pointed star above [see Woodward nos 193-201]
Condition: three fold lines; one small hole, bottom centre; cropped to neatline; no gilt edges; impressions; pressure marks are present along the bottom of the mount from mounted items which were placed above/below this item in a former collection
28.6 x 32.0 cm (image and neatline)
cropped (platemark)
36.3 x 41.7 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
Il vero disegno de tutti li forti che si sono fatti dintorno ad / Ostia si dalli imperiali come da / quelli della Chiesa [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Ostia taken by the Pope's troops from the Spaniards 1557.
Other annotations: (Recto) [right edge, black pencil, erased: the old heading]. (Verso) [top left, on mount, red pencil:] 1/18; [centre, in an old hand, ink:] Forti de Ostia
George III catalogue entry:
Ostia Il Disegno de tutti li Forti che si sono fatti dintoro ad Ostia si dalli Imperiali come da quelli della Chiesa, 1557.
Subject(s)
Ostia Antica, Latium, Italy (41°45ʹ30ʺN 12°17ʹ59ʺE)
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. 2652
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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