Huy

Huy
 (1683-1687)
plate from the Les grandes conquêtes du Roi (The grand conquests of the King) series 1683–94

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
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Not on display

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