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The Battle of Nördlingen

Claude Deruet (French (Lorraine), about 1588–1660)
about 1634–40

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 37.3 × 48.2 cm (14 11/16 × 19 in.)
Platemark: 36.6 × 47.7 cm (14 7/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1997.25
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné IFF 7; Robert-Dumesnil 2, only state; Le Blanc 1
DescriptionThe battle took place on September 5-6, 1634
Marks Verso, lower left-center, in pen and brown ink, the mark of Giuseppe (Joseph) Storck, Milan (1776-1836)(Lugt 2319), 1799; verso, lower center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, bottom left, "CC. [interlaced] Deruet fecit."; just above the cartouche, lower center, two interlaced C's, the cross of Lorraine, and "IIII"
ProvenanceColl.: Giuseppe Storck, Milan, 1799 (dealer; inscr. on verso); Prosper de Baudicour (no mark); Fame holds the arms of Lorraine; monogram of Charles IV above cartouche at lower center (Mariette, Notes manuscrites, vol. 2, fol. 28) Impression in Bibliothèque nationale is inscribed in pen identifying battle as the Battle of Nördingen 1643.