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Ottoman-Habsburg Wars (1521-1791)

Images from eight wars fought between 1570 and 1718

DOMENICO ZENOI (ACTIVE 1560-80)

View of the siege of Malta, 1565 (Malta, independent political entity) 35°55ʹ00ʺN 14°26ʹ00ʺE

published 1565

Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 33.6 x 43.1 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 721039

A high oblique view/map of the Great Siege of Malta between 18 May and 11 September 1565 carried on by the Turks, commanded by Kara Mustafa Pasha (c.1500-7 August 1580), and defended by the Knights of the Order of St John under Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette (4 February 1495-21 August 1568), resulting in the abandonment of the siege by the Turks on the arrival of a Spanish fleet and army commanded by García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca (29 August 1514-31 May 1577). The Ottoman Empire (1500-1606): Conflicts in the Mediterranean (1532-1565). Oriented with north-west to top (compass rose).

A high oblique view of the whole island of Malta, with Gozo and the coasts of Sicily and Africa; Spanish, Portuguese and Italian troops have come to the relief of the Knights of St. John: the Turkish are retreating.

  • Domenico Zenoi (active 1560-80) (printmaker) [top right, at foot of title panel:] Domenico Zenoi Venetiano. f. ∞ DLXV

    Subject(s)

    Navy-Turkey
    Navy-Portugal
    Army-Spain
    Army-Italy
    Army-Turkey
  • Watermark: Anchor in circle, six-pointed star above [see Woodward no. 174]

    Condition: one fold line; creased; one fold line to mount, not coincident with the fold line of the map; top left corner cut off; small piece missing, bottom right corner; slight abrasions resulting in loss of paper thickness. Verso: some offsetting, perhaps from a different image

  • 33.6 x 43.1 cm (image and sheet)

    cropped (platemark)

    41.4 x 54.8 cm (mount)

  • Printed title:

    L'Vltimo disegno de l'jsola di Malta, con la / uera liberatione dell' jinimiche forze, quale dopo / l'hauer lunge tempo assediato & detto infiniti / Assalti alle forteze & d'esse la maggior parte / Rouinate si parte & fugge dalle mani dell' jniutiss.o / S.D. Cartia [followed by measurements of the island, and numbers of towns and castles.] [top right, in a rectangular panel]

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Malta 1565.

    Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, on map, red pencil:] 1/37; [top right, on mount, black pencil:] 1565; [top left, on mount, black pencil, erased:] II [or I]/38h.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Malta A Plan of the Island of Malta, with the defeat and retreat of the Turks: by Domencio Zenoi, 1565.

  • Subject(s)

    Malta, independent political entity (35°55ʹ00ʺN 14°26ʹ00ʺE)

  • 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. 2686

Page revisions

  • 25 May 2024