La bataille de Cognat, le 6 janvier 1568, 2022.0.1269, Frans Hogenberg

Author(s): hogenbergh, françois or franz (mechelen, around 1535 - cologne, around 1590), engraver other title: voicy the meeting of the two french armies [. . . ] (inscribed title (letter)) dating in centuries: 2nd half of the 16th century type(s) of object(s): print, graphic arts name(s): print materials and techniques: etching, paper dimensions - artwork: height: 22. 4cm width: 28. 7cm dimensions - mounting: height: 63. 5cm width: 47. 5cm description: print laminated in full on a mount that it shares with another print from the same suite; a caption in french was pasted above the image. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: museum mark - in the lower right part, stamp in purple ink: "ville / de / paris" (lugt suppl. 2012c). Iconographic description: view of the battle of cognat. The protestant camp, victorious at the end of the confrontation, is represented in the left part of the image, on the heights of the town of cognat, firing its arquebusiers at the catholic troops below, and leading a heavy cavalry charge against the troops of the lord of hautefeuille (in the foreground, left) whose castle is represented under the flames (in the upper left corner). The right part of the image shows the catholic army on the run. Mode of acquisition: retrospective registration following proofing acquisition date: 19–12–2022 institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris inventory number: 2022. 0. 1269. Date: Unknown.