Italy - Turin; Pieter van Call - Plan de la Ville & Citadelle de Turin - 1721-1750

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Pieter van Call’s copper-engraved, contemporary hand-coloured plan of Turin, titled “Plan de la Ville & Citadelle de Turin”, depicts the city’s 1706 siege and measures 54 × 64 cm.

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Large fortification and battle plan of the siege of Turin in 1706. The map shows the city of Turin during the War of the Spanish Succession, when French troops besieged the city and the relief army under Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and Prince Eugene of Savoy liberated it. From the work "Histoire militaire du Prince Eugène de Savoye, du Prince et Duc de Marlborough, et du Prince de Nassau-Frise" by Dumont-Rousset, 1729 The Hague. Engraved by Pieter van Call (1688–1733). With beautiful colour.

Sheet size 54 x 64 cm

Condition
very good, with a small, repaired tear and a hole in the centre (see the second-last picture), on thick handmade paper

Large fortification and battle plan of the siege of Turin in 1706. The map shows the city of Turin during the War of the Spanish Succession, when French troops besieged the city and the relief army under Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and Prince Eugene of Savoy liberated it. From the work "Histoire militaire du Prince Eugène de Savoye, du Prince et Duc de Marlborough, et du Prince de Nassau-Frise" by Dumont-Rousset, 1729 The Hague. Engraved by Pieter van Call (1688–1733). With beautiful colour.

Sheet size 54 x 64 cm

Condition
very good, with a small, repaired tear and a hole in the centre (see the second-last picture), on thick handmade paper

Details

Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
1
Country
Italy
Geographical specification
Turin
Map maker/publisher
Pieter van Call
Map/book title
Plan de la Ville & Citadelle de Turin
Period
1721-1750
Condition
Good
Technique
Copper engraving
Additional Information
impressive map
Map colour
Contemporary hand colour
Height
54 cm
Width
64 cm
GermanyVerified
449
Objects sold
100%
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