View of the Battle of Bílá Hora, Prague and Rakovnik, 1620 (Bílá Hora, near Prague, Czech Republic) 50°04ʹN 14°19ʹE; (Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, Czech Republic) 50°05'16"N 14°25'14"E; (Rakovnik [Rakonitz

Anonymous (printmaker)

Subject(s)

Watermark: None

Condition: one fold line; very worn; some repairs made before the text was mounted; no gilt edges

14.9 x 30.7 cm (sheet)

19.0 x 35.0 cm (mount)

Printed title:

IL VERO DISEGNO DELLA SANGVINOSA BATTAGLIA, / Ouero Giornatta, fatta vltimamente vicino à la Citta di PRAGA, in nome del Imperatore, sotto la / condotta del Sereniss.^mo Duca di Bauiera, contra l’essercito delli Bohemi. A di 9. di Nouembre del Anno passato 1620.

Additional text:

[a general precis of the events leading up to the Battle of Bílá Hora, from the meeting of the Bohemian and Imperial armies near Rakovnik on 28 October, to the Imperial success in the battle; followed by a numerical key to each of the four views.]

Annotations:

George III heading: Prague Nov.^r 1620.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [top left, red pencil, erased:] 1/124; [top left, black pencil:] I/128.

George III catalogue entry:

Prague Disegno della Battaglia, overo Giornatta, fatta ultimamente vicino a la Citta di Praga in nome del Imperatore sotto la condotta del Duca di Baviera, contra l’Essercito delli Bohemi adi 9 di Novembre 1620. (four views on one sheet; 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. 2832