Name: Antique Map-WESEL-PLAN-FORTRESS-GERMANY-Visscher-1629
SKU: PICTURA-10354
Availability: InStock

Antique Map-WESEL-PLAN-FORTRESS-GERMANY-Visscher-1629

€395.00

‘DE WIJT VERMAERDE STADT WESEL.’

– Original antique print showing a plan of the fortified city of Wesel in Germany, during it’s siege in 1629, by the Governor of Emmerich Otto van Gent, withn help of the spies Peter and Dirk Molder and Jan Rohleer. With compass rose, scale and key.

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-10354 Category: Germany Tag: Topographical

Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: 7-pointed foolscap.

Condition: good, given age. Original folds as published. Ligt creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WESEL-PLAN-FORTRESS-GERMANY

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II)(1586-1652), was a draftsman and etcher, and also one of the most important publishers of prints, maps and topographical views. In these capacities he played a leading role in the development of Dutch landscape art.