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Daniel Marot the elder
Ypres (c. 1690)
etching and engraving
41.7 × 36.5 cm (plate) 65.4 × 50.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
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Ypres
(c. 1690)
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
41.7 × 36.5 cm (plate) 65.4 × 50.2 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: YPRES (within map showing fortifications)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: YPRES / Grande ville riche & marchande, & l’vn des quatre membres du / Comté de Flandres, située sur la petite riuiere d’Yper. Elle aouit dé= / ja esté prise par le Prince de Condé & depuis encore par le Vicomte / de Turenne. Les Espagnols y rentrerent par le traitté des Pyrenées, & / firent bastir vne Citadelle alénoroit par où ces deux Generaux lá= / voient attaquée. Le Roy n’attaqua d’abord que la Citadelle, mais en= / suitte il fit aussi ouurir vne tranchée vers la Ville. La garnison estoit / de deux mille cinq cens hommes don’t le feu fut fort grand les pre= / miers jours. Toute-fois la Contrescarpe ayant esté emportée lespée a la / main, la Ville & la Citadelle se rendirent toutes deux le 25 Mars 1678.
printed in ink l.r.: Marot fecit.
Accession Number
p.183.157-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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