Identification title(s): siege of maastricht, 1579. Traiectensis obsidio anno 1579 (title on object). Object type: print history print object number: rp-p-ob-79. 815. Catalog reference: fmh 808-1. Atlas van stolk 709. Atlas van stolk 369-15. Description: siege of maastricht by the army of the duke of parma, from march 12 to june 29, 1579. View of the city, building fortifications, fighting for the city and removing the wounded. In the caption the legend a-l in latin. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: anonymous, after a print by: jan miel. Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: 1649 - 1651. Physical features: etching. Material: paper technique: etching. Dimensions: plate edge: h 218 mm × w 278 mm explanation used as an illustration in: f. Strada, de bello belgico decades duae auctiores et correctiores cum figuris encis prodeunt a famiano strada soc: jesu romano moguntiae 1651. Copy after the print by j. Miel from the original edition of 1647, see fmh 454. A/12 and fmh 807b. Subject: what: siege, position war fortifications, military engineering. Siege of maastricht (1579). When: 1579 - 1579. Where: maastricht. Acquisition: purchase 1881. Date: between 1649 and 1651.
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