Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the Battle of Nördlingen, 1634 (Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany) 48°51ʹ04ʺN 10°29ʹ19ʺE
1634 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; laid down on four pieces of paper which have been pasted together; formerly mounted on paper. (Remains of type B mount) | 35.3 x 56.9 cm (neatline) | RCIN 722078
A view of the Battle of Nördlingen, fought on 5-6 September 1634 between the Holy Roman Empire with Spain and the Bavarian League, commanded by the future Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand of Hungary (13 July 1608-2 April 1657) and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609/10-9 November 1641) and Sweden with the forces of Saxe-Weimar and the Heilbronn League, commanded by Gustav Horn af Björneborg (22 October 1592-10 May 1657) and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (16 August 1604-18 July 1639) resulting in an Imperial victory. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
Frederick Muller (1863) vol.I, no.1727, p.235, lists this view as an engraving by B.F. Berckenrode and cites the source as an atlas then belonging to J.T. Bodel Nijenhuis of Leiden.
Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode(?) (c. 1592-1645) (engraver)
Subject(s)
Army-SpainArmy-SwedenArmy-Holy Roman EmpireWatermark: View: indistinct. Backing paper: cross on top of three hills in circle.
Condition: one fold line. Verso: remains of mount (type indescernible) on verso
35.3 x 56.9 cm (neatline)
42.9 x 57.5 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
43.0 x 38.7 cm (mount)
Printed title:
DELINEATIO ACIEI ET PVGNÆ AD NORTLINGAM VI. SEPTEMBRIS. Ao M.DC.XXXIV. [top centre]
Additional text:
[bottom, below the view, arranged in six columns, a key, A-E and 1-37, to the positions of the troops and camps of both armies.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Nordlingen 6 September 1634.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Nordlingen Delineatio Aciei et Pugnæ ad Nortlingam, 6 Septembris 1634.
Subject(s)
Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany (48°51ʹ04ʺN 10°29ʹ19ʺE)
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. 2955
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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