De_inname_van_Delfzijl_door_Prins_Maurits_in_1591_-_The_capture_of_Delfzijl_by_Prince_Maurice_in_1591.jpg - Wikipedia

Summary

anonymous : Capture of Delfzijl by Maurice, 1591. (

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Artist

Workshop of Frans Hogenberg (before 1540 date QS:P,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540–00–00T00:00:00Z/9 –1590)
Alternative names	Franz Hogenberg, Frans Hogenbergh, Frans Hogenberch
Description	Flemish engraver and cartographer
Date of birth/death	before 1540 date QS:P,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	1590
Location of birth/death	Mechelen	Cologne
Work period	1568-1588
Work location	Antwerp (1568), London (1568), Cologne (1570-1585), Hamburg (1585-1588), Denmark (1588)
Authority file	: Q959748 VIAF : 100197099 ISNI : 0000000118391431 ULAN : 500000956 LCCN : n50043890 NLA : 35870121 WorldCat

Title

Capture of Delfzijl by Maurice, 1591 .

Description

Depiction of the capture of Delfzijl by Maurice of Nassau , 1 July 1591. The assault, that can be seen on this print, never took place. Instead the city surrenderd to Maurice without a fight. This print originates from the workshop of Frans Hogenberg and was subsequently adapted for publication in Willem Baudartius’s Polemographia Auraico Belgica (Amsterdam, 1622).

Date

between 1613 and 1615

Medium

etching print

Dimensions

height: 13.3 cm (5.2 in); width: 15.8 cm (6.2 in)

Collection

Rijksmuseum

	Native name	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
	Location	Amsterdam
	Coordinates	52° 21′ 36″ N, 4° 53′ 07″ E
	Established	1800
	Website	rijksmuseum.nl
	Authority file	: Q190804 VIAF : 159624082 ISNI : 0000000121961335 ULAN : 500246547 LCCN : n79007489 NLA : 36126463 WorldCat

Current location

Frederik Muller Historieplaten

Accession number

RP-P-OB-80.116

Object history

1881: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam

Inscriptions

DELFS ZIEL.

205

Hæc ubigesta COMES VICTOR secceßibus audax, / Hoc propugnaculum, numeroso milite fœtum // Hostili cingit, poni tormenta jubebat, / Utaquaterct, pacto ceßat mox fœdere bellum

References

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue .

Source/Photographer

www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info : Pic

Other versions

File:Delfzijl 1591.jpg
Version at the University of Amsterdam

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