Live auction - Lot 137
[Flemish]
2 battles between the armies of the Holy League and the Ottoman Empire.
Rome, Arnold van Westerhout, ca. 1686-1697
Hammer price: €
400
€ 100 / 200
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Lot description
Etchings, ca. 44,5 x 69,3 cm, laid paper, 1 with signature and address: "Intagliata da' Arnolde van Westerhout e dal medesimo Si Stampano alli Cesarini in Roma con lic. de Suo.", 1 with: "Delineato, e Intagliato da Arnoldo Van Westerhout e dal medesimo si fa' stampare, e vendere nella sua bottega alli Cesarini con lic. suo.", both with Italian legend and inscriptions throughout etching (rolled up, heavy vertical fold at centre, water stains, creases, few holes, browned pinholes and tears in margin).
Wide margins. Possibly later impressions.
Dynamic depictions of the Siege of Buda (1686) and the Battle of Zenta (1697). Designed, etched and published by the Antwerp Arnold van Westerhout (1651-1725), who mainly worked in Italy.