La Ville et Citadelle de Lille ou Ryssel, avec toutes leurs Fortifications, Comme elles sont présent, pendant le siege forme par l’Armee,..

Title

La Ville et Citadelle de Lille ou Ryssel, avec toutes leurs Fortifications, Comme elles sont présent, pendant le siege forme par l’Armee,..

Description

Map shows the town and citadel of Lille, or Ruyselle, with all its fortifications, as they currently appear during the siege by the army of the High Allies under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy and the Prince of Orange, the hereditary governor of Friesland.

ca. 1708

Artist

Valk (1652-1726)

Gerard Valk (1652 – 1726) was a Dutch engraver, publisher and cartographer. Valck engraved many portraits of English nobility and worked frequently with Abraham Blooteling his father in law. He published most of his works himself.In Amsterdam, he had a close partnership with his son Leonardus Valck and Peter Schenk the Elder, who married Gerard Valck´s sister in 1687.Valck also published atlases, maps, printed globes and prints of different motives.