Live auction - Lot 472
[Belgium - Brussels]
Plan de la ville de Brusselles avec la situation, les retranchemens et campemens des armées des Alliez sous le commendement de sa Majesté Britannique au mois d'août l'an 1697.
[1697]
Hammer price: €
550
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Etching, on 2 sheets, together c. 79 x 97,5 cm, mounted on 12 pcs of paper (some tears restored on the left and right side, some soiling along folds).
Under passe-partout and gilt frame.
Rare map of Brussels and its surroundings at the time of the siege of the city in 1697 by the "Grand Alliance" under the command of Willam of Orange (1650-1702), during the Nine Years’ War. Left an extensive list with officers and regiments of the Allied troops and an allegorical cartouche with a dedication to Maximilan II Emanuel (1662-1726), governor of the Spanish Netherlands, by Mich. Christ. de Schnitter. Right a large allegorical title cartouche with a personification of Brussels held captive and a continuation of the list. At the bottom, a legend with main locations. On the map, the entrenchments and encampments of the Allied troops in and around the city.