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Rare-Antique Print-BATTLE-WAR-GRAVE-NETHERLANDS-Hogenberg-1602

Print

€375.00

‘EIGENTLICHE CONTRAFACTUR DES STATISCHEN LEGERS VOR DER STAT GRAVE (..).’

– Original antique print showing the encampments of the Spanish and Dutch forces that took place in 1602 in Grave in the province of Brabant, The Netherlands. The Spanish-held city of Grave was besieged by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange and Francis Vere respectively. After a siege of nearly two months the city surrendered when a Spanish relief army under Francisco de Mendoza was defeated just outside the city by the besiegers.

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Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31.1 x 23.9 cm (12.24 x 9.41 inch). Image size: 29.2 x 22.3 cm. (11.5 x 8.78 inch).

Condition: good, given age. No left margin and damaged top margin; both remargined. Light foxing and staining. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BATTLE-WAR-GRAVE-NETHERLANDS | PCO-E10-08

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This original antique print was published in Germany c.1602.

Biography engraver: Franz Hogenberg (1535-1590) was a Flemish-German engraver and mapmaker, known for his collaboration with Georg Braun on Civitates Orbis Terrarum, an important atlas of cityscapes.

Additional information

Dimensions 239 × 311 × 1 cm

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