Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)
Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718
View of Esztergom and Štúrovo, 1683 (Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary; also known as Gran; Strigonia in Italian) 47°47ʹ34ʺN 18°44ʹ29ʺE; (Štúrovo, Nitriansky, Slovakia; Párkány in Hungarian) 47&
published 1683Etching and engraving; printed on paper; gilt edges left and right; no mount | 38.4 x 51.6 cm (image and neatline) | RCIN 724025.a
Following the defeat of the Turkish army at Vienna on 12 September 1683, part of the Ottoman army retreated and encamped at Párkány. They were pursued by Jan III Sobieski and the Polish forces who arrived in the vicinity on 6 October. These forces were beaten back to the following Imperial army which, arriving at Párkány on 8 October, formed up and defeated the Turks in battle on the 9th. The Turks are seen here retreating towards Pest (Budapest).
Condition: one fold line; an impression from an overlying mounted item (not RCIN 724024) from the time this map was in another collection (probably dal Pozzo) can be seen across the bottom.
Giovanni Giacomo Rossi (1627-91) (publisher) [top right, bottom of title cartouche:] Data in luce da Gio: Giacomo Rossi alle Pace in Roma all’ Insegna / di Parigi Con licenza de Superiori 1683
Subject(s)
Army-TurkeyWatermark: Fleur-de-lys standing on three hills in double circle with the letters A and [N]
Condition: one fold line; an impression from an overlying mounted item (not RCIN 724024) from the time this map was in another collection (probably dal Pozzo) can be seen across the bottom
38.4 x 51.6 cm (image and neatline)
[cropped] x 52.3 cm (platemark)
40.3 x 54.5 cm (sheet)
Printed title:
SEGNALATA VITTORIA OTTENVTA DALLE / ARMI IMPERIALI, E POLACCHE SOTTO LA / CITTA, E FORTEZZA DI STRIGONIA CON / L’ACQVISTO DELL’ IMPORTANTE FORTE DI / PARKAM LI IX OTTOBRE M D C LXXXIII [top right, in cartouche representing and unrolled scroll]
Annotations:
George III heading: Gran and Parkany 9 October 1683. The King of Poland and the Duke of Lorrain defeat the Turks and take Parkany and Gran.
Other annotations: (Recto) [left, under the old heading, black pencil, the rough draft of the old heading.] (Verso) [top left, red pencil:] 3/115 [and, black pencil:] IV/49.
George III catalogue entry:
Gran Vittoria ottenuta dalle Armi Imperiali e Polacche sotto la Citta e Fortezza di Strigonia (Gran) con l’acquisto della Forte di Parkam li 9 Ottobre 1683: da G.G. Rossi, 1683. [The same entry appears under the heading Strigonia.]
Subject(s)
Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary; also known as Gran; Strigonia in Italian (47°47ʹ34ʺN 18°44ʹ29ʺE)
Štúrovo, Nitriansky, Slovakia; Párkány in Hungarian (47°47ʹ41ʺN 18°43ʹ03ʺE)
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