Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
Nagikanyzsa, 1600
1600 or laterLetterpress text on two pieces of paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 53.6 x 39.6 cm (mount) | RCIN 721108.b
Letterpress explanatory text to the view of the Habsburg and Turkish camps near Nagykanizsa, 8 October 1600 (see RCIN 721108.a). Ottoman-Habsburg Wars : The Long War (1591/3-1606).
This explanatory text in two pieces is mounted on one sheet of paper.
This view and accompanying text are the second of a set of four (RCINs 721107-721110).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: None
Condition: no fold lines; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this map/print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso.
9.0 x 31.5 cm (first sheet)
9.0 x 17.9 cm (second sheet)
53.6 x 39.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
No title. Text of each piece begins:
[1] [Heading:] En cette iournée se voit comme l'armée Chrestienne campée à une demy lieuë de Canise, & tout aupres celle des / Turcs, fit contre-eux & sousteint plusieurs efforts.
[2] [A key to the view:] Chefs & troupes des Chrestiens. Chefs des Turcs & leurs troupes.
Annotations:
George III heading: Canissa 8 Oct. 1600.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil, erased:] I/102-h.
George III catalogue entry:
Canissa Representation of the Encampments of the Imperial and Turkish Armies near Canissa on the 8.th of Oct.r 1600: with a Description.
Subject(s)
Nagykanizsa [Canissa; Kanizsa], Zala, Hungary (46°27ʹ12ʺN 16°59ʹ27ʺE)
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. 2767-2768
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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