Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the siege of Casale Monferrato, 1628 (Casale Monferrato [Casale], Piedmont, Italy) 45°08ʹ00ʺN 08°27ʹ09ʺE
1629 or laterEngraving; printed in paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges top, right and bottom | 20.1 x 28.4 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722034
A high oblique view/map of the first siege of Casale Monferrato, 28 March 1628-16 March 1629. War of the Mantuan Succession (1628-31); part of the Thirty Years War (1618-48). Oriented with west to top.
The town of Giorgio (San Giorgio 45°06ʹ28ʺN 08°24ʹ51ʺE) is shown in the top left of the view. The camp sites of the different nationalities of the Catholic army are written against the camps.
See the notes to RCIN 722031.
Anonymous (printmaker)
Subject(s)
Army-SpainArmy-ItalyWatermark: Anchor in circle; mount: cropped
Condition: no fold lines to print; one fold line to 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. Verso: prominent offsetting of a star-shaped fortification, together with the ink framing lines from another image
20.1 x 28.4 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
54.8 x 40.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Nuovo dissegno dalla Cittá e cittedella di Casale / Monferrato et delli posti occupati fortificatiōe / fatte dal Campo del Re Cattolico, per l’espugnatione della detta Pazza. [top right, in ornate cartouche]
Additional text:
[top right, in title cartouche, a key, 1-10, to the city, citadel and fortifications of Casale, and to the positions of the Spanish army.]
Annotations:
George III heading: Casal besieged by Don Gonzales de Cordova, 28 March 1628 – 16 March 1629.
Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom left and below centre, on mount, black pencil:] II/[49]; [below centre, on mount, red pencil:] 1/165.
George III catalogue entry:
Casal Dissegno della Citta e Cittedella di Casale Monferrato et delli posti occupati, Fortificatione fatte dal Campo del Re Cattolico per l’Espugnatione della detta Piazza, 1628.
Subject(s)
Casale Monferrato [Casale], Piedmont, Italy (45°08ʹ00ʺN 08°27ʹ09ʺE)
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. 2876
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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