Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4312841
Area
Prints / graphics
Title
Den muel Wagen ghepractiseert, bij den grooten ingenieur Pompeus, deser zijn soo veel int getal, datmen bijnaest conde genoech voor den Leger vanden crijgs oversten Spinola gemalen, Leggende inde quartieren voor Lochem, en Grol, inde Maent van Julius ende
Technique
Year
1609
Print run
Dimensions
30,3 x 20,0
Printing office
Details

Copper engraving depicting the siege of Lochem by Spinola in July and August 1606. In the background the besieged Lochem, with in the foreground a flour wagon, as used by the troops of Spinola. Above the engraving the French title, at the bottom the Dutch title. Signed at the bottom center: "H.V.D. fecit. Coloniae". Published in Amsterdam by Cornille Nicolas, MDCIX (1609), in the famous description of the Netherlands by Lodovico Guicciardini (1521-1589): 'Description de Tous les Pays-Bas, autrement appelez la Germanie Inferieure, ou Basse Allemange; by Messire Loys Guicciardin Gentil Homme Florintin, (...) '.

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