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Huy

Huy
 (1683-1687)
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 × 35.9 cm (image) 43.9 × 37.5 cm (plate) 65.3 × 49.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: HUY (in an oval)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.l.: Lu. de Châstillon f.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: HUY / Ville du diocese de Liege sure la Meuse, elle est égallment distante de Liege, et de / Namur. Elle serendit au marquis de Rochefort a la seule veüe del'armée francoi- / se le 1r. (. under r) Juin 1675. mais son Château tint six jours, et la garnison Imperale qui / le gardout , n'en roulut point sortir qu'apres avoir veu le mineur attache. Il / se rendit le 6 Iuin 1675. et s'aprise redonna la liberté a plusieurs officiers Lie- / geois que le Gouverneur y retenoit prisonniers par ordre de l'Empereur.
printed in ink l.l.: Le Clerc f.
Accession Number
p.183.172-1
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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