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Rheinberg

Rheinberg
 (1638-1694)
plate from the Les grandes conquêtes du Roi (The grand conquests of the King) series 1683–94

Medium
etching and engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
42.3 × 36.0 cm (image) 43.8 × 37.4 cm (plate) 65.1 × 50.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
IFF 630.1 (Le Clerc); IFF 67 (Chatillon)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: RHINBERG (in an oval)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: Lud. de Châtillon Fecit.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: RHINBERG / Place tres forte sur le Rhin dependante de l'Archevéque de Cologne, sur / lequel les Hollandois l'avoient usurpée, elle étoit remptie abondamment / de toute sorte de munitions, et la garnison étoit de plus de quinze cens / hommes. Neantmoins le Roy ayant menacé le gouverneur de ne luy / point faire de quartier s'il osoit attendre que le canon tirast un seul / coup, le gouverneur épouvanté se rendit aussitôt le 6. Juin 1672.
printed in ink l.l.: Le Clerc f.
Accession Number
p.183.170-1
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr George Collins Levey, 1879
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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