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The Farnese Bridge

The Farnese Bridge

1929A
Artist
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708)
Title
The Farnese Bridge
Date
1681
Medium
Etching after a design by Juan de Ledesma. Loose leaf (¿artist proof?). Folded in half across the vertical, this etching was bound between pages 282 and 283 of Famiano Estrada S.J. (1572-1649) Segunda Decada de las Guerras de Flandes. Colonia: unidentified publisher, 1681. This is the Spanish translation, by Melchor de Novar S.J. (1629-1707), of De bello belgico. Decas secunda, first published in Rome in 1647. There is a 1682 edition of the Estrada work, ammended by Alonso de Bonne-Maison, that includes portraits of Charles V, Phillip II, Alessandro Farnese, Marguerite of Parma, The Duke of Alba, Don Luis de Requesens, and Don Juan de Austria.
Photo Source
Biblioteca Digital Hispánica, Biblioteca Nacional de España
Item
1929A
Correspondences
Archive: 1929A/1929B
Archive: 1929A/1929B