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Victory of Lepanto

Victory of Lepanto

1928A
Artist
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708)
Title
Victory of Lepanto
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 439 and 440 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
1928A
Correspondences
Archive: 1928A/3330B
Archive: 1928A/1928B
Archive: 1928A/1928B
Archive: 1928A/3330B