ANONYMOUS, Siege of a city

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Etching and engraving on wove paper (with watermark J Kool), sheet size ca. 210 x 165 mm., platemark 173 x 93 mm. Possibly after Stefano della Bella. One of the 76 etchings and engravings from 'Spiegel der natuur en School ter Teekenkunde, bevattende LXXVI afbeeldingen van landschappen, landsdouwen, watergezichten, enz. enz. […]', Amsterdam: Ed. Van Esveldt-Holtrop, [ca. 1830]. This publication contained a series of prints after various printmakers, including Silvestre, Perelle, Della Bella, Almeloveen, Van Schyndel, Visscher and Schenk.

An army in the process of encircling and besieging a fortification.

In good condition, margins overall faintly browned, minimal paper loss in the lower left margin.