Siege of Saint Omer
Maker
(etcher)
1610-1664
(artist)
1610-1664
1610-1664
(artist)
1610-1664
Title
Siege of Saint Omer
Date of Production
1638
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 46.8 cm
Width: 46.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1978.PG.24
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
The Franco-Flemish town of Saint Omer was besieged for nearly two months during the Thirty Years’ War in 1638. This siege is one of several commemorated in prints intended for a French market by Stefano della Bella. Since the siege took place before della Bella’s arrival in France, he must have worked from a map supplied by someone else; an explanatory key at left details the locations of various events of the siege. At lower right, Prince Tommaso of Savoy and his officers study a plan of the area.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Exhibition History
Drawings Gallery Display - Panorama, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/09/2015-10/01/2016
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Bruegel to Freud: Prints from The Courtauld Gallery, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/06/2014-21/09/2014
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : titled : printed : within image & recto : on curtain left : A S. OMER.....
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : stef della bella, fe. / 1638
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right & recto : : stef della bella, fe. / 1638
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