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Thirty Years War (1618-48)

Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war

BALTHASAR FLORISZ. VAN BERCKENRODE(?) (C. 1592-1645)

View of the Battle of Nördlingen, 1634 (Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany) 48°51ʹ04ʺN 10°29ʹ19ʺE

1634 or later

Etching 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-Spain
    Army-Sweden
    Army-Holy Roman Empire
  • Watermark: 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