Identification title(s): sheet with schenkenschans and four other views, 1635. Schencken-schans / het tolhuis / griethuisen / 't huis te hal / christina oft nieu schenckschans. Sodanigh is also the schans amelia (title on object). Object type: print object number: rp-p-ao-4-44. B. Catalog reference: kan 3902. Fmh 1746-a. Hollstein dutch 82 copy. Description: sheet with a view of schenkenschans and four other views of the tolhuis, the huis te hal, the christina fort (nieuw schenkenschans) and the village of griethuizen (griethausen). Print following the siege and capture of schenkenschans by the dutch army under frederik hendrik, 1635-1636. Latin text on verso. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a print by: claes jansz. Visscher (ii) (studio of), publisher: johannes willemszoon blaeu. Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Date: 1652. Physical features: etching and engraving; with text in letterpress verso. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process) / letterpress. Dimensions: plate edge: h 432 mm × w 520 mm. Explanation: print used in: blaeu, johannes willemszoon. Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium belgicae (. . ) 2 parts. 3rd edition. Amsterdam: johannes willemszoon blaeu, 1652, vol. 1. The view of schenckenschans copied from the print by c. J. Visscher (ii) (fmh 1745). Subject: what: fortifications, military engineering, siege and capture of schenckenschans (1635-1636). When: 1635 - 1636. Where: schenkenschans, tolhuis, griethausen, nieuw schenkenschans. Who: frederik hendrik (prince of orange). Acquisition: transfer of management 1887. Date: 1652.
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