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Other 17th-century conflicts

Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars

VALERIO SPADA (1613-88)

View of the Battle of Mongiovino, 1643 (Mongiovino, Umbria, Italy) 43°01ʹ16ʺN 12°08ʹ37ʺE

1643 or later

Two etchings on two pieces of paper, mounted one above the other on one sheet of paper (Mount Type B); gilt edge, top | 21.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of view) | RCIN 723040

A view of the Battle of Mongiovino, fought on 6 September 1643 between the Tuscan army, fighting in a League of Tuscany, Venice and Modena under the command of Mattias de' Medici (9 May 1613-11 October 1667) on the side of the Farnese Dukes of Parma and Castro, and the Papal army, commanded by Cardinal Antonio Barberini (5 August 1607-3 August 1671), resulting in a Farnese victory. First War of Castro (1641-1644).

These two prints are designs for the recto and verso of a fan. See also RCINs 723043 and 723046, by Valerio Spada.

  • Valerio Spada (1613-88) (etcher) [bottom centre of top print, to each side of the centre:] Valerio Spada fece

    ? Giovanni Battista Rontini (active 1643-57) (publisher) [bottom centre of key print:] Con Priuilegio di S.A. Ser:ma / Valerio Spada fece / Rontini

    Subject(s)

    Barberini family
    Medici family
  • Watermark: Prints: sun within circle. Mount: none.

    Condition: water-stained patches on dedication

  • 21.5 x 28.2 cm (sheet of view)

    cropped (platemark of view)

    23.3 x 28.3 cm (sheet of dedication and text)

    cropped (platemark of dedication and text)

    51.6 x 32.7 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    Mongiuino [two prints, one above the other: a view of the battle of Mongiovino and, below, the key to the letters on the view; top print; top centre, in banderole]

    Dedication:

    [top centre of bottom, key, print:] Al Ser. Pripe Mattias di Toscana

    Additional text:

    [bottom print, a key, A-G to the letters on the upper print.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Mongiuino 6 Sep. 1643.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Mongiuino A View of the Action of Mongiuino on the 6.th of Sept.r 1643: by Valerio Spada.

  • Subject(s)

    Mongiovino, Umbria, Italy (43°01ʹ16ʺN 12°08ʹ37ʺE)

  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. nos. 3139, 3140

    P.D. Massar, ‘The prints of Valerio Spada – I’, Print Quarterly III, no. 3, 1986, pp. 217-223

Page revisions

  • 25 May 2024