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Battle of Gemblous

Battle of Gemblous

1925A
Artist
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708)
Title
Battle of Gemblous
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 446 and 447 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
1925A
Correspondences
Archive: 1925A/1925B
Archive: 1925A/1925B