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Casteau, Saint-Denis and Mons, 1678
BATAILLE DE S.T DENIS. / PRES DE MONS 4/14 Aoust 1678
1678 or laterEtching and engraving; printed from two copperplates on two sheets of paper, joined; formerly mounted on paper and guarded for insertion into a volume | 55.0 x 83.6 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 724016
The mounted figure in the left foreground is William of Orange whose horse blanket bears his coat of arms. To his right is James Scott, Duke of Monmouth. To the right, the mounted figure third from the right edge of the print is Carlos de Aragón de Gurrea y de Borja, 9th Duke of Villahermosa. In the centre distant background stands the fortified city of Mons with the French lines and encampment in front of it; right of centre, in the middle foreground is the Abbey of St Denis where a mortar bomb has just exploded in the courtyard.
A reduced copy of this engraving was made by Jan Luyken (1649-1712). Entitled ‘Feld-Schlacht bey Bergen [Mons] in Henegouen’, it was published as an illustration in P. Valckenier, Das verwirrte Europa, Amsterdam, 1677-83. (see Rijksmuseum: RP-P-OB-82.487). The key to the reduced engraving is in German.
Dedication: [top right, above title cartouche, in a trompe l'oeil banner:] Dedié a S.A. Le Duc de VILLA HERMOSA etc / par son serv: R de Hooghe
Additional text: [top right, below title, in title cartouche, a key, 1-58, to the main military men in the view; A-I, K-U, W-Z, to various places, French positions, etc.]
Condition: six fold lines; worn along centre vertical fold; 6.8 cm tear to centre of bottom edge; three small tears to right edge; one old repair to fifth tear on right edge: paper pasted to verso. Verso: mount cropped and mostly removed; remains of old guard; surface dirt; impressions from the mounts of other items in a former assemblage of images can be seen recto and verso.
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) (engraver) [bottom, left of centre:] Romano de Hooghe Auctore Amsteldodami
Watermark: Strasburg bend and lily
Condition: six fold lines; worn along centre vertical fold; 6.8 cm tear to centre of bottom edge; three small tears to right edge; one old repair to fifth tear on right edge: paper pasted to verso. Verso: mount cropped and mostly removed; remains of old guard; surface dirt; impressions from the mounts of other items in a former assemblage of images can be seen recto and verso
55.0 x 83.6 cm (image and neatline)
cropped (platemark)
55.5 x 83.8 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
BATAILLE DE S.T DENIS. / PRES DE MONS 4/14 Aoust 1678. [top right, in a cartouche representing draped material, held aloft at each top corner by, on the left, a winged victory blowing a trumpet and, on the right, by a winged putto clasping a victory wreath in its left hand, its head covered by a lionskin]
Dedication:
[top right, above title cartouche, in a trompe l'oeil banner:] Dedié a S.A. Le Duc de VILLA HERMOSA etc / par son serv: R de Hooghe
Additional text:
[top right, below title, in title cartouche, a key, 1-58, to the main military men in the view; A-I, K-U, W-Z, to various places, French positions, etc.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of S.t Denis near Mons 14 August 1678.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, black pencil, erased and illegible.]
George III catalogue entry:
Denis, S.t Vue de la Bataille de S.t Denis pres de Mons, le 4 (14) Aoust 1678: par R. de Hooghe. 2 feuilles.
Subject(s)
Casteau, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°30ʹ44ʺN 04°00ʹ40ʺE)
Saint-Denis, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°29ʹ26ʺN 04°01ʹ14ʺE)
Mons, Walloon Region, Belgium (50°27'14"N 03°57'08"E)
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