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Other 17th-century conflicts

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

WORKSHOP OF CLAES JANSZ VISSCHER II (C.1587-1652)

Olinda, 1630 (Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil) 08°00ʹ32ʺS 34°51ʹ19ʺW

c.1640

Three pieces of text, joined, and assembled in one column; mounted on paper (Mount Type A) | 49.9 x 11.5 cm (sheet of text column) | RCIN 722051.c

A sheet containing one column of text (in Dutch) associated with the map of Olinda at RCIN 722051.a. See RCIN 722051.b for the beginning of the text.

  • Workshop of Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (printmaker)

    Claes Jansz Visscher II (c.1587-1652) (publisher) [bottom of text column:] t’ AMSTERDAM, / By Claes Iansz Visscher, woonende inde Kalver-straet inde Visscher.

    Subject(s)

    Army-Netherlands
    Navy-Netherlands
  • Watermark: Text: none visible. Mount: none.

    Condition: heavy brown discolouration. One fold line to the mount; no gilt edges; 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

  • 49.9 x 11.5 cm (sheet of text column)

    50.9 x 33.9 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    Kort Verhael / Van alle 't ghepasseerde in 't / victorieus Veroveren / Der Stadt Olinda / Anders genaemt / PHARNAMBVCO. [title on RCIN 722051.b]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Olinda de Pernambuco February 1630.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [on each of the three original pieces of text, ?in contemporary hand, ink, top to bottom:] E12, E13, E14.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Olinda de Pernambuco A Plan of the Town of Olinda de Pernambuco taken by the Dutch in February 1630: and a Map of the Northern part of Brazil: by N.J. Piscator (Visscher) 2 sheets. with Descriptions of the Siege in Dutch and French.

  • Subject(s)

    Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil (08°00ʹ32ʺS 34°51ʹ19ʺW)

  • 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. 2918

Page revisions

  • 23 May 2024