Panoramic View of Picardy, with the Siege of Ham by the Spanish Forces Under Philip II in 1557
Drawing
after 1557 (drawn)
after 1557 (drawn)
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Panoramic view of a region, possibly in Flanders, occupied by a Spanish army in pen and ink. Two of the bodies of troops are under the command of the well known captain Lazarus Schwendi and one under the count of Hoorn. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views. On two sheets.
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Title | Panoramic View of Picardy, with the Siege of Ham by the Spanish Forces Under Philip II in 1557 (published title) |
Materials and techniques | Pen and brown ink |
Brief description | Drawing, 'Panoramic View of Picardy, with the Siege of Ham by the Spanish Forces Under Philip II in 1557', by Anton van den Wyngaerde, Flemish School, pen and brown ink, after 1557 |
Physical description | Panoramic view of a region, possibly in Flanders, occupied by a Spanish army in pen and ink. Two of the bodies of troops are under the command of the well known captain Lazarus Schwendi and one under the count of Hoorn. Formerly bound in an album with 31 other views. On two sheets. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed in brown ink: with identifying names throughout the sheet (from left to right, top to bottom), el conte de arenbourg / el conte de swersbourg vriher Swer / herto erenst binnwerk he… / eyemans hanau mansvelt / el conte de hoorne / aarts…er / Spanjole / lazarus swendel / la Corto / el Reael / castiello de hayn / lazarus zwendel / bande negro / noir harnas / caval leger en groste / myloso / bande de…. |
Object history | Joannes Moflin (d.1586/7), Bergues; Dr Henry Wellesley (1791–1866), Oxford; his sale, London, Sotheby’s, 25 June 1866, 10th day, lots 1738–56: ‘ANTONIO VANDEN WYNGAERDE, 1558. The following Drawings were executed at the expense of the famous Printer, Plantin, of Antwerp. The English portion of the Collection is now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, being part of the Illustrations to the “SUTHERLAND CLARENDON”’ (to ‘Holloway’ for £5. 0s. 0d);1 J.C. Robinson (1824–1913), London; by whom lent to the museum, 8 May 1879, and from whom purchased as part of a group of 301 items for a total of £6,800 in two instalments, 28 May 1879 and 15 April 1880. |
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Accession number | 8455:21 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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