Antique Print-RHEINBERG-SIEGE-GERMANY-EIGHTY YEARS? WAR-Strada-1640

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‘BERCA AD RHENUM CAPTA ANNO 1589.’

– Original antique print showing the siege of Rheinberg in Germany in 1589 during the Eighty Years’ War. The Spanish army under Mansfeld captured the city.

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Description

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 43.5 x 31.5 cm (17.13 x 12.4 inch). Image size: 41 x 29.4 cm. (16.14 x 11.57 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RHEINBERG-SIEGE-GERMANY-EIGHTY YEARS’ WAR | PCO-E26-10

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.

Additional information

Dimensions 31 × 43 × 1 cm

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