Ventes live - Lot 583
[Belgium - Brabant - Brussels]
[Festivities in Brussels in praise of the victory over the Ottomans in 1686].
[Amsterdam, 1686]
€ 80 / 100
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Description du lot
Copper engraving, c. 38,5 x 55 cm (visible part), uncol. (browning, splitt. c'fold rep.).
Under passe-partout and nice gilt wooden frame (not unframed). Good copy.
2nd plate from a series of 9 engravings engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe and published for the official entry into Brussels of Leopold I of Austria after defeating the Turks in 1686. This plate shows the festivities organised at the "Hotel Tour et Taxis" on the "Petit Sablon". Very attractive plate with the text below, featuring the people of Brussels enjoying the festivities. Ref. Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe p. 132. Joined: Tertia pars Brabantiae [...] Antverpia. Amsterdam, J. Janssonius, c. 1640, 42 x 52 cm, full-col. Good copy. Nice map with coats-of-arms, orientated to the West. Ref. Van der Krogt 3112: 1.2. - Diest. 18,5 x 26,5 cm, uncol. Siege of the city. (3 pcs)