Discovered and destroyed Myn der Turken under the Keyserlycke Burgh = Mine des Turcqs under the Cour Imperiale, decouvert et defaicte, Romeyn de Hooghe, 1683

In 1683, nicolaes visscher ii (1649-1702) published a series of ten prints about the turkish siege of the city of vienna with the most important pictures of the war. The prints were engraved by romeyn de hooghe (1645-1708) after drawings from the antwerp artist jacob peeters. On september 2, 1683, a large amount of gunpowder was found that the turks intended to explode in the castel of the emperor, the hofburg. The print depicts the surprise attack by the austrians on the turks which prevented the explosion. Object Type: print. Date: 1683. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: 16,5 x 20,5 cm. Medium: copper engraving print. Collection: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Atlas Van der Hagen-KW1049B10 051 5A-Ontdeckte en vernietigde Myn der Turken onder de Keyserlycke Burgh = Mine des Turcqs sous la Cour Imperiale, decou- verte et defaicte