Antique Map-WESEL-PLAN-FORTRESS-GERMANY-Visscher-1629 Claes Jansz. Visscher Maps-Plans-Views > Europe > Germany

'DE WIJT VERMAERDE STADT WESEL.'Original antique print showing a plan of the fortified city of Wesel in Germany, during it's siege in 1629, by the Governor of Emmerich Otto van Gent, withn help of the spies Peter and Dirk Molder and Jan Rohleer. With compass rose, scale and key.Made by after an anonymous artist.Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: 7-pointed foolscap.WESEL-PLAN-FORTRESS-GERMANYBACKGROUND INFORMATIONSource: unknown, to be determined.Biography engraver: Claes Jansz. Visscher (II)(1586-1652), was a draftsman and etcher, and also one of the most important publishers of prints, maps and topographical views. In these capacities he played a leading role in the development of Dutch landscape art. Condition: good, given age. Original folds as published. Ligt creasing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.