Other 17th-century conflicts
Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
Siege of Barcelona, 1652
Il uero disegno della Città di Barcellona assediata dalle Regali Arme di sua Maesta Cattolica / All’ Em.mo e R.mo Cardinale Prencipe Triuultio delli suoi Consegli suppremi di Stato e Guerra
1652Etching with engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B) | 25.1 x 38.3 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 723100
A view of Barcelona, defended by Catalan rebels and the French under the viceroy of Catalonia, Phillippe de la Motte-Houdancourt (1605-57) and John Gaspar Ferdinand de Marchin [or Marsin], comte de Granville (1601-73) and besieged between July 1651 and October 1652 by Spanish forces commanded by Don Juan de Austria (the Younger) (1629-79), resulting in the capitulation of the city on 13 October 1652. Catalan Revolt (1640-59). 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.
The title is 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).
Horatio Marinari (active 1634-56) (publisher) [bottom right, below key, in cartouche:] Oratio Marinari D.D.D. / Roma com licenza di superiori 1652
Watermark: Print: fleur-de-lys above three boulders, the letter A above. Mount: none.
Condition: one fold line
25.1 x 38.3 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
25.9 x 40.4 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Il uero disegno della Città di Barcellona assediata dalle Regali Arme di sua Maesta Cattolica / All’ Em.mo e R.mo Cardinale Prencipe Triuultio delli suoi Consegli suppremi di Stato e Guerra: [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)]
Additional text:
[bottom right, in decorative oval cartouche, a key, A-I, K-Q.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Barcelona taken by the Spaniards 11 Oct.r 1652.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] Barcelona. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Barcelona Il vero Disegno della Citta di Barcelona, assediata dalle Regali Arme di S.M. Cattolica, 1652: da O. Marinari, 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. 3218
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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