Name: Antique Print-INGELMUNSTER-BATTLE-BELGIUM-EIGHTY YEARS? WAR-Strada-1640
SKU: PICTURA-07252
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Antique Print-INGELMUNSTER-BATTLE-BELGIUM-EIGHTY YEARS? WAR-Strada-1640

€135.00

‘PUGNA AD ENGELMUNSTERUM ANNO 1580.’

– Original antique print showing the Battle of Ingelmunster in Belgium, 10 mei 1580, during the Eighty Years’ War. Scene from the Eighty Years’ War.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 43 x 31 cm (16.93 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 40.5 x 28 cm. (15.94 x 11.02 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Original fold as issued. A few crinkles or minor creases. Some tears bottom edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

INGELMUNSTER-BATTLE-BELGIUM-EIGHTY YEARS’ WAR | PCO-E26-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This rare antique print originates from: ‘Romani e Societate Iesv De bello Belgico.’, published by Franciscus Corbeletti in Rome 1640.

Reference: Reference: Hollstein Dutch 16, FMH 807-a.

Biography engraver: Engraver unknown or to be determined.

Biography artist: Famiano Strada (1572 ? 6 September 1649) was an Italian Jesuit and historian of wars in the low countries (Belgium and Netherlands) during the early part of the Eighty Years’ War, starting with the abdication of Charles V in 1556 to the capture of Rheinsberg in 30 January 1590.