Verovering van Wesel, 1629 De Wijt vermaerde Stadt Wesel Door verrasschinghe des nachts aldus verovert aen der H.H. Staten syde, onder 't Kloeck beleyt van den Edelen ende Man haften Otto de Gent ende Oyen Heere van Die, RP-P-OB-81.230, Dirk Stoop, between 1651 and 1652

Identification title(s): conquest of wesel, 1629. De wijt enriched the city of wesel. By surprise at night, aen der h. H. Staten syde, under 't kloeck beleyt van den edelen ende man haften otto de gent ende oyen heere van dieden op den 19en augustij 't jaer 1629 (title on object). Object type: print history print card object number: rp-p-ob-81. 230. Catalog reference: fmh 1642. Hollstein dutch 24 note: stoop. Hollstein dutch 68 copy b. Note: fisher. Description: map showing the surprise capture of wesel on the rhine by the dutch army under colonel otto van gent, on the night of august 19, 1629. Top right a cartouche showing how the army entered the city with the help of dirck and pieter mulder and jan rootleer. Top left the cartouche with the title. Marked bottom right fol. 62. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: dirk stoop (attributed to), after a print by: pieter hendricksz. Schut (possibly), after a print by: claes jansz. Visscher (ii) (studio of). Place of manufacture: northern netherlands. Dating: 1651 - 1652. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: top: h 275 mm × w 346 mm explanation copy of the print from the studio of claes jansz. Visscher (ii) (fmh 1640). Used as an illustration in: i. Commelin, frederick hendrick van nassauw prince of orangien his life and activities, wed. Esdras willemsz snellaert and gerrit nieuwenhuysen, utrecht 1652, fol. 62? mirror-image copy of the print in the edition of jodocus janssonius of 1651 (fmh 1641). Subject: what: maps of separate countries or regionsmaps of citiescapture of city (after the siege). Capture of wesel (1629). When: 1629-08-19 - 1629-08-19. Where. Wesel. Rhine. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1651 and 1652.