Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the Battle of Wittenweier, 1638 (Wittenweier [Wittenweiher, Wittenweiller], Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 48°19ʹ39ʺN 07°45ʹ24ʺE
1638 or laterEngraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (mount cropped, Type A) | 42.7 x 55.6 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722132
A low-medium oblique view of the Battle of Wittenweier, fought on 9 August 1638 between the French and Swedish (Protestant), commanded by Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (16 August 1604-18 July 1639) and the Imperial army commanded by Field Marshal Count Johann von Götz (1599-6 March 1645) and Field Marshal Federigo Duca di Savelli (d.19 December 1649), resulting in a Protestant victory. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
In the foreground the massed baggage wagons of the Imperial army which were abandoned when the train drivers fled the scene can be seen.
Lieutenant-General Giovanni Melchiore Haug (active 1638) (cartographer)
Wolfgang Kilian (1581-1662) (engraver) [top, right hand panel of additional text:] Il dissegno della pianta e’ fatto, et inuentato in scul= / tura di rame dal Luogotenente Generale Giouanni /Melchiorre Haug il quale ui si trouo personalmēte, / mano propria / Wolfgango Kilian fecit.
Subject(s)
Army-Holy Roman EmpireArmy-FranceArmy-SwedenWatermark: Man kneeling with cross in shield
Condition: One fold line. Remains of Mount Type A along left, top and bottom edges. no gilt edges; Pressure marks on verso
42.7 x 55.6 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
Printed title:
Vero, et essatto dissegno del conflitto, & battaglia appresso Vitten:Vveiller, fatta dal sig.r DVCA SAVELLO et Sig.r CONTE GHETZ / Maresciallo di Campo, contro il Sig.r Duca Bernardo di VVeimar, succeduta lunedi. 9. di Agosto dell’ Anno 1638. la quale incomincio un poco dopò mezzo di, / e durò fino all’ hore dieci di notte, a’ uso di Germania. [across top of view]
Inset:
[top right, a small-scale high oblique view of the battle field area with the order of battle shown in plan form.] Size: 10.1 x 15.6 cm (neatline).
Additional text:[top left, below title, in four adjacent rectangular panels, a key, A-C and the author statement.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Battle of Wittenwihr 9 August 1638.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Wittenwihr Disegno del conflitto et Battaglia appresso Vutten-weiller fatta dal Duca Savallo et Conte Ghetz contro il Duca Bernardo di Weimar, succeduta Lunedi 9 di Agosto 1638; dal Luo.te Gen.le Giov. Melchoire [sic] Haug, intagliata da Wolfgango Kilian.
Subject(s)
Wittenweier [Wittenweiher, Wittenweiller], Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48°19ʹ39ʺN 07°45ʹ24ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
W. P. Guthrie, The later Thirty Years War: from the Battle of Wittstock to the Treaty of Westphalia, Westport CT 2003, pp. 87-90
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3036
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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