Description
This print shows the battle in the Bay of Gibraltar on 25 April 1607 between the State Fleet of the Dutch under Admiral Jacob van Heemskerck and the Spanish Fleet under Admiral Don Juan Alvares de Avila. In which admiral Jacob van Heemskerck died. On the right, the city and castle of Gibraltar. Below the print is the legend 1-9 in Dutch. In the air a banderole with the title.
Made by an anonymous engraver after Grotius.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 41.2 x 32.2 cm (16.22 x 12.68 inch). Image size: 36 x 27 cm. (14.17 x 10.63 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Folds as published. Brown edges. Minor paper loss in lower margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BATTLE-GIBRALTAR-DUTCH STATEARMY-SPANISH ARMY-JACOB VAN HEEMSKERCK-FLEET-DON JUAN ALVARES DE AVILA | RBOS-A9-43
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in H. Grotius, “Nederlandsche Jaerboeken en historien,” 1681.
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