Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the siege of Breisach, 1638 (Breisach am Rhein, [Vieux-Brisach] Baden-Württemburg, Germany) 48°01'58"N 07°34'58"E
1638 or laterEtching and engraving; printed on paper; laid down on paper and then mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edge, right | 29.8 x 37.3 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722123
A low-middle oblique view of the siege of Breisach 18 August-17 December 1638 in which Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (16 August 1604-18 July 1639), joined by French forces commanded by Jean-Baptiste Guébriant 1602-17 November 1643) and Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611-27 July 1675), forced the commander of Breisach, Baron Hans Heinrich von Rheinach, to capitulate. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
Anonymous (printmaker)
Subject(s)
Army-FranceArmy-GermanyWatermark: Map: coat of arms. Backing paper: cross within teardrop shape. Mount: cropped; [kneeling man with cross in shield].
Condition: about six fold lines, formerly folded to 8.1 x 10.0 cm; very worn; foxing to both sides of the mount. 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
29.8 x 37.3 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
47.4 x 40.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
DIE STAT BRISACH SAMPT DEM LÆGER [top centre]
Annotations:
George III heading: Brisach besieged by the Duke of Weimar in 1638
Other annotations: (Recto) [top left, black pencil, erased:] Brisach; [below view, black pencil, erased:] … taken by the French 1638. (Verso) none.
George III catalogue entry:
Brisach A Plan of Brisach besieged by the French under the command of the Duke of Weimar, and taken on the 19.th of Dec.r 1638.
Subject(s)
Breisach am Rhein, [Vieux-Brisach] Baden-Württemburg, Germany (48°01'58"N 07°34'58"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. 3026
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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