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DE HOOGHE, Romeyn. 6 engr. from the Spanish series "Guerres de Flandres". Engr., 27 x 34 cm, laid paper, signed (sm. tears on central foldings, some foxing mostly in the margins). Covering Alexandre Farnese's exploits as Captain-General of the Army of Flanders (1567-1592). Presumably after drawings by a captain-engineer of Flanders, named Juan de Ledesma, who might as well be the commissioner of the series ("El capitano D[o]n Juan de Ledesmo ingeniro de Flandes dispuso esta obra"). Incl.: 1. Prise de Valenciennes (1567). - 2. Bataille De Gemblours (1578). - 3. Prise de Tournay (1581). - 4. Prise de Audenarde (1582). - 5. Commencement du siege d'Anvers (1584-85). - 6. Festes triomphales que Paris fit à Alexandre Farnese pour l'avoir delivré du blocus et secour (1590). Ref. Hollstein Dutch 60, 64, 66, 67. - FMH 501, 772, 843, 858, 904. - Mesa, J.; Gisbert, T. - Historia de la pintura cuzqueña. Buenos Aires, Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, 1962: 300.
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DE HOOGHE, Romeyn. 6 engr. from the Spanish series "Guerres de Flandres". Engr., 27 x 34 cm, laid paper, signed (sm. tears on central foldings, some foxing mostly in the margins). Covering Alexandre Farnese's exploits as Captain-General of the Army of Flanders (1567-1592). Presumably after drawings by a captain-engineer of Flanders, named Juan de Ledesma, who might as well be the commissioner of the series ("El capitano D[o]n Juan de Ledesmo ingeniro de Flandes dispuso esta obra"). Incl.: 1. Prise de Valenciennes (1567). - 2. Bataille De Gemblours (1578). - 3. Prise de Tournay (1581). - 4. Prise de Audenarde (1582). - 5. Commencement du siege d'Anvers (1584-85). - 6. Festes triomphales que Paris fit à Alexandre Farnese pour l'avoir delivré du blocus et secour (1590). Ref. Hollstein Dutch 60, 64, 66, 67. - FMH 501, 772, 843, 858, 904. - Mesa, J.; Gisbert, T. - Historia de la pintura cuzqueña. Buenos Aires, Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas, 1962: 300.
