Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
View of the siege of Pontelagoscuro, 1643 (Pontelagoscuro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) 44°52ʹ49ʺN 11°36ʹ25ʺE
1643 or laterPencil, pen and ink on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges right and bottom; traces of green paint along bottom edge | 28.5 x 42.6 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 723038
A view of Pontelagoscuro, unsuccessfully besieged and attacked by troops of the league of the Republic of Venice, under the orders of Mattias de' Medici (9 May 1613-11 October 1667) from 29 August to 3 September 1643 resulting in the retention of the town and fort by the Papal army of Pope Urban VIII (bap.5 April 1568-29 July 1644), commanded by Cardinal Antonio Barberini (5 August 1607-3 September 1671). First War of Castro (1641-1644). Oriented with north to top.
See also RCIN 723033.a.
Italian School, mid-17th Century (artist)
Subject(s)
Army-Venetian RepublicBarberini familyWatermark: Drawing: crown with six-pointed star above. Mount: none.
Mark, stamped: 7
Condition: four fold lines; some foxing. Verso: heavy surface dirt; ink stains
28.5 x 42.6 cm (image and sheet)
39.9 x 51.7 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Forte di Lago Scuro [top centre, in a banderole]
Annotations:
George III heading: Lagoscuro 1643.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top right: an ink annotation].
George III catalogue entry:
Lagoscuro A drawn Plan of the Fort of Lagoscuro besieged by the Venetians in 1643.
Subject(s)
Pontelagoscuro, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (44°52ʹ49ʺN 11°36ʹ25ʺE)
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