Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
Battle of Lützen, 1632
TYPVS / CRUENTISSIMI ILLIUS / PRÆLY, IN QUO EXERCITUS RE / GIS SUECIÆ CUM ACIE CÆSAREA / sub Duce Fridlandiæ, cum magna utriusq / partis strage et plerorumq Ducum / interitu, ad LVZAM conflixit, a.d.VI /...
1633 or laterEtching and engraving; printed from two copperplates on two sheets of paper, joined; mounted on paper, mount cropped (Remains of type A mount) | 27.8 x 69.4 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722072
A medium to high oblique view of the Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November (N.S.) 1632 between the Protestant Swedish army, commanded by Gustavus Adolphus (9 December 1594-16 November 1632) and the Catholic Holy Roman Empire commanded by Albrecht von Wallenstein (24 September 1583-25 February 1634), resulting in a Protestant victory at the cost of the death of the Swedish king. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
See the notes to RCIN 722070.
Matthäus Merian I (1593-1650) (engraver)
Watermark: Indistinct: coat of arms, divided in four sections, two arrows below, suspending two letters
Condition: four fold lines; brown discolouration; five irregular tears along the outer fold lines. Verso: remains of mount, pressure marks
27.8 x 69.4 cm (image and sheet)
27.4 x 34.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
TYPVS / CRUENTISSIMI ILLIUS / PRÆLY, IN QUO EXERCITUS RE / GIS SUECIÆ CUM ACIE CÆSAREA / sub Duce Fridlandiæ, cum magna utriusq / partis strage et plerorumq Ducum / interitu, ad LVZAM conflixit, a.d.VI / Novembris. Anni MDCXXXII. [top left, in decorative oval cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Lutzen 6 Novr 1632.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Lutzen Typus Prœlii in quo Exercitus Regis Sueciæ cum Acie Cæsarea sub Duce Fridlandiæ, cum magna utrius que partis strage et plerorumque Ducum interitu ad Luzam conflixit, 6 Novembris 1632: per M.Merianum. 2 tab.
Subject(s)
Lützen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (51°15ʹ24ʺN 12°08ʹ29ʺE)
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. 2944
Page revisions
14 March 2024
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