Terms and conditions of use
Orsoy
(1683-1694)
plate from the Les grandes conquêtes du Roi (The grand conquests of the King) series 1683–94
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
42.2 × 35.8 cm (image) 43.7 × 37.5 cm (plate) 65.9 × 50.5 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
Catalogue/s Raisonné
IFF 66
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: ORSOY (in an oval)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Lu. de Chastillon. / Le Clerc f.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: ORSOY (in a scroll) / Ville du Duché de Cleves sur le bord du Rhin, ou les Hollandois auoient / garnison. Le Roy ayantresolu d’assieger quattre places tout a la fois, reconnut / luy méme Orsoy, et fit ouvrir la trancheé sur la Contrescarpe. La place luy fut / rendue au bout de vingt quattre heures, et le gouverneur et la carnison qui eʃtoit / de neuf cens hommes furent faits prisonniers de guerre leze (. under second e) Juin 1672.
printed in ink l.l.: Le Clerc f.
Accession Number
p.183.162-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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