Thirty Years War (1618-48)
Maps, prints and letterpress text covering the major battles and sieges of the war
View of the siege of Rheinfelden, 1634 (Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 47°33ʹ36ʺN 07°47ʹ13ʺE
c.1634Etching and engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edge to top | 27.4 x 34.1 cm (image) | RCIN 722081
A medium oblique view of the siege of Rheinfelden from 25 June 1634. Thirty Years War (1618-1648).
This view shows the quarters of one of the commanders of the besieging troops, ‘Herr: Gen: Maior Exc. Reingraff Johan Philips’ whose account of this action appears on pp.301 [printed as ‘103’]-302 of Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum, vol.III (1670 edition). ‘Philips’ was Johann Philipp von Salm-Kyrburg in Möhringen, a Rheingraf and Generalleutnant. Coincidentally, he was killed four years later at the Battle of Rheinfelden (1638).
This print apparently appeared in one of the volumes of Relationis historicae semestralis continuatio published in 1634 by Conrad Memmius under the name of Jacob Francus (Renate Jürgensen, ‘Biblioteca Norica’ Teil 2. Beiträge zum Buch- und Bibliothekswesen 43. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden, (2002). p.1139, refers to Merian’s Theatrum Europaeum among others as containing maps or prints). See also Bruno Weber, ‘Zeugen der Zeit. Kommentare zu Einblattillustrationen des 17. Jahrhunderts’ in Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Bibliophilen-Gesellschaft: revue de la Société Suisse des Bibliophiles, Band 20 (1977) Heft 2, pp.135-151 where this print is illustrated and its provenance is given in note 11 on p.151.
Anonymous (printmaker)
Watermark: Print: double cross; countermark: three arrows. Mount: none.
Condition: one fold line to print only; heavy brown discolouration especially from the adhesive from 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
26.1 x 34.1 cm (neatline)
27.4 x 34.1 cm (image)
cropped (platemark)
27.6 x 34.3 cm (sheet)
30.7 x 39.1 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Eigentliche delineation der Festung Rheinfelden, wie dieselbe von den Schwedischen belägert und eingenommen worden, 1634. [across top of view, in rectangular panel]
Annotations:
George III heading: Rheinfelden 1634.
Other annotations: (Recto) [top right, black pencil:] 1634. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] II/64.
George III catalogue entry:
Rheinfelden Eigentliche Delineation der Festung Rheinfelden wie dieselbe von den Schwedischen belagert und eingenommen worden, 1634.
Subject(s)
Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47°33ʹ36ʺN 07°47ʹ13ʺE)
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. 2958
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25 May 2024
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