3329A

Capture of Valenciennes

Artist: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708)
Title: Capture of Valenciennes
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 240 and 241 of Famiano Estrada S.J. (1572-1649) Primera 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 prima, first published in Rome in 1632. 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: 3329A