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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1853,0611.324
Description
A Turkish army attacking a city defended by troops outside the city; the Turkish troops on the right accompanied by camels, the infantry and cavalry troops defending the city on the left, canons being fired in the foreground and from the fortified city walls. Amman's coat of arms on an urn carried by the first camel in the caravan along the lower edge. Illustration to Leonhart Fronsperger, 'Kriegsrechte', Frankfurt am Main: Feyerabend & Hüter, 1566. Four burnmarks along the upper edge. 1566 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Jost Amman
Printed by:
Sigmund Feierabend
Printed by:
Simon Hüter
School/style
German
Production date
1566
Production place
Printed in:
Frankfurt am Main
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
282 millimetres
Width:
554 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Repetition of a design of 1564, see New Hollstein I.16.55 and BM 1895,0617.19. In the second state the name of the fortress is given as Stulweyssenburg.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700
(II.26.97)
(Jost Amman)
Andresen 1868 / Beiträge zur älteren niederdeutschen Kupferstichkunde des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts
(I.137.49)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
battle
military
turk
Associated names
Illustration to:
Leonhart Fronsperger
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Kriegsrechte
(Frankfurt 1566)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Bernard Quaritch
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1853,0611.324