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Barcelona, 1652
NOVA E VERA DESCRITTIONE DELLA CITTA DI BARCELLONA ASSEDIÁTA DELL’ ARMATA DI S.a MAESTA CATTOLICA
published 1652Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edge to top | 19.9 x 24.2 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 723099
A view of Barcelona, defended by Catalan rebels and the French under the viceroy of Catalonia, Phillippe de la Motte-Houdancourt (1605-24 March 1657) and John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin [or Marsin], Comte de Granville (1601-1673) and besieged between July 1651 and October 1652 by Spanish forces commanded by Don Juan de Austria (the Younger) (7 April 1629-17 September 1679), resulting in the capitulation of the city on 13 October 1652. Catalan Revolt (1640-1659). Oriented with west-north-west to top (compass rose indicates north-west to top).
The compass rose on this view appears to show that north-west (Maestro) is to top and, correspondingly, south-east (Scirroco) is to the bottom. However, west (Ponente) and east (Levante) are in their conventional positions for a north-pointing compass.
Pierre Miotte (active 1640-60) (etcher)
Watermark: Map: coat of arms. Mount: none.
Condition: no fold lines. Verso: heavy deposit of surface dirt along left edge
19.9 x 24.2 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
23.4 x 28.1 cm (mount)
Printed title:
NOVA E VERA DESCRITTIONE DELLA CITTA DI BARCELLONA ASSEDIÁTA DELL’ ARMATA DI S.a MAESTA CATTOLICA [across top of print]
Dedication:
[top centre, in a banderole, to each side of the coat of arms of the dedicatee, Cardinal Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio (1597-3 August 1656):] All’ Em.mo e R.mo Sig.re Card.le Principe Triuultio delli Consegli Suppremi di Stato e Guer. di S.M.C.
Additional text:
[bottom, below view, in six columns, a key, A-I, K-T, V, X-Z and 1-20.]
Annotations:
George III headings: Barcelona taken by the Spaniards 11 Oct.r 1652.
Other inscriptions: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Barcelona Nova et vera Descrittione della Citta di Barcelona, assediata del’ Armata di S.M. Cattolica, 1652; da P. Miotte, 1652.
Subject(s)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (41°23'19"N 02°09'32"W)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3217
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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