Name: Antique Map-GEERTRUIDENBERG-SIEGE-BATTLE-NETHERLANDS-Dolendo-Orlers-1615
SKU: PCO-27334
Availability: InStock

Antique Map-GEERTRUIDENBERG-SIEGE-BATTLE-NETHERLANDS-Dolendo-Orlers-1615

€125.00

Original antique print showing the siege of Geertruidenberg 28 March-26 June 1593 by the state army led by Prince Maurits. On the left plan of the city and positions of the Spanish troops. On the left also the closed harbour of the Biesbosch.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (13.98 x 10.51 inch). Image size: 31.5 x 22 cm. (12.4 x 8.66 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Paper separation top and bottom middle fold, repaired. Original middle fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GEERTRUIDENBERG-SIEGE-BATTLE-NETHERLANDS | PCOA55-12

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This plan originates from: ‘La genealogie des illustres comtes de Nassau’, published in Leiden, The Netherlands 1615.

Biography engraver: Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo (attributed) (c. 1570 in Leiden? ? buried 27 May 1626 in Leiden) a Dutch engraver, draftsman and goldsmith.

Biography artist: Publisher: J.J. Orlers.). Jan Janszoon Orlers (1570 ? 1646), Dutch historian.