Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
View of the Battle of Mongiovino, 1643 (Mongiovino, Umbria, Italy) 43°01ʹ16ʺN 12°08ʹ37ʺE
1643 or laterTwo 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 familyMedici familyWatermark: 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
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