Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the siege of Regensburg, 1634 (Regensburg [Ratisbon], Bavaria, Germany) 49°02ʹ04ʺN 12°07ʹ09ʺE
published 1634Engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges bottom and right | 30.5 x 40.6 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 722077
A high oblique view of the siege of Regensburg which capitulated to Imperial forces on 22 July 1634.Thirty Years War (1618-1648). Oriented with north to top.
This crude engraving shows the approach trenches with the redoubts, the quarters of the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II (9 July 1578-15 February 1637), and the batteries. The coat of arms of the dedicatee, Scipione Gonzaga (1595-1670), prince of Bozolo, etc., appears top right.
Horatio Marinari (active 1634-56) (publisher) [along the bottom of the key and dedication:] Si Stampano in Roma alla Valle Appresso Horatio Marinari; [bottom right:] Romae Superior licentia. 1634.
Subject(s)
House of GonzagaFerdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578–1637)Army-Holy Roman EmpireWatermark: Fleur-de-lys in circle, crown above
Condition: bottom right edge cut diagonally; 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; printed from a scratched and/or re-used copperplate
30.5 x 40.6 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
40.7 x 53.0 cm (mount)
Printed title:
RATISBONA CITTA / ASSEDIATA DALL IMPERIALI. 1634. [top left, in a banner]
Dedication:
[bottom centre, in rectangular panel:] ALL’ ILL.mo ET ECC.mo S.re IL SIG. DON / SCIPIONE GONZAGA / Prencipe di Bozolo, de; Marchesi di Mantoua Marche= / se di Ostiano, Conte di Pomponesco & Ambasciatore ordinario di / S.M. Ces.a a N.S. Papa Vrbano. VIII. Horatio Marinari. D.D.D.
Additional text:[along the bottom of the view, in four rectangular panels, a key, A-I, K-P.] [down right side of view in a rectangular panel, a key, 1-32, to the gates of the city and the positions of the besieging named regiments:] NOTA DE POSTI DEL’ Assedio.
Annotations:
George III heading: Ratisbon 1634.
Other annotations: (Recto) [bottom right, black pencil, cropped:] 1634. (Verso) [top left, black pencil:] II/[?]6; [bottom right, black pencil:] II/[66].
George III catalogue entry:
Ratisbon Ratisbona Citta assediata dall'Imperiali 1634. da Hor. Marinari, 1634.
Subject(s)
Regensburg [Ratisbon], Bavaria, Germany (49°02ʹ04ʺN 12°07ʹ09ʺE)
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. 2954
Page revisions
3 November 2024
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