Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of Hanau, 1638 (Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany) 50"08'00"N 08"55'00"E
1638 or laterEtching; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edges top and right | 23.1 x 33.1 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722119
A high oblique view of the fortress town of Hanau which had been occupied by the Swedes, commanded latterly by the Scottish General James Ramsay, since 1631. In February 1638, Major Johann Winter von Güdenborn of the Hanau army, together with the Wetterau Association of Imperial Courts, staged a coup and drove the Swedes out of the city, as depicted in this view (see Alexia Grosjean, Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thiry Years' War, 1618-1648, Abingdon, 2015, pp.88-9). Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
The topographical details of this view/map are closely similar to Merian's view of the siege of Hanau in 1636, which appeared between pp.590 and 591 of vol.III of the Theatrum Europaeum (1639).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: Map: none visible. Mount: kneeling man with cross in shield.
Condition: four fold lines; creased; surface dirt and some foxing to the edges of the recto of the mount; worn and piece missing from the br edge. 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
23.1 x 33.1 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
51.0 x 40.5 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Statt und Vestúng,, / Hanaú durch einen an,, / schlag widerumb er obert / Mon,, und Dinstag den 22/12 23/13 ,, / Febrúarÿ. ANNO 1638. [top left, in rectangular cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Hanau 22, 23 Feb.y 1638.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1638. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Hanau Statt und Vestung Hanau durch einen anschlag widerumb erobert den 22 und 23 February 1638.
Subject(s)
Hanau am Main, Hesse, Germany (50"08'00"N 08"55'00"E)
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. 3021
Page revisions
3 November 2024
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