View of Nagikanyzsa, 1600 (Nagykanizsa [Canissa; Kanizsa], Zala, Hungary) 46°27ʹ12ʺN 16°59ʹ27ʺE

Anonymous (printmaker)

Subject(s)

Watermark: None on texts or mount

Condition: one fold line; pressure marks from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a different collection are present on the recto and verso. Verso: remains of old guard along verso of left edge

7.4 x 30.6 cm (first sheet)

7.6 x 20.5 cm (second sheet)

53.6 x 39.8 cm (mount)

Printed title:

No title. Text of each piece begins:

[1] [Heading:] EN CETTE IOVRNEE EST REPRESENTE COMME L'ARMEE CHRESTIENNE ENVIRONNEE / & assaillie de toutes parts par celle des Turcs, apres auoir fait & repoussé diuerses charges se resolut & l'attendit à un combat general.

[2] [A key, A-I, L-Q; 1-10:] Chefs & troupes des Chrestiens. Chefs des Turcs, & leurs Troupes.

Annotations:

George III heading: Canissa 13.^th Oct. 1600.

Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1600. (Verso) [bottom left, black pencil:] 1/[108b].

George III catalogue entry:

Canissa Representation of the Imperial Army on its retreat from Canissa on the 13.^th of Oct.^r 1600, surrounded by the Turks; with a Description.

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. 2773-2774