Plan de la Ville et Citadelle, de Tournay, Assiegee par les Allies,..

Title

Plan de la Ville et Citadelle, de Tournay, Assiegee par les Allies,..

Description

Map of the town and citadel of Tournay, under siege by the Allies, with a title cartouche, compass rose and index cartouche numbered 1–8.

c. 1709

Artist

Visscher (1618-1679)

Nicolaes Visscher I (1618 -1679) Amsterdam was a Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher. He belonged to the Dutch art dealer, engraver and publisher dynasty founded by his father Claes Janszoon Visscher. After his father's death in 1652, he took over his father's art publishing house and initially continued publishing the atlases and maps that his father had begun. He then began publishing works under his own name. Together with his son Nicolaes Visscher II (1649-1702), he engraved a large number of printing plates, further replenishing the publisher's stock. The atlases "Atlas Contractus", "Atlas Minor" and "Germania Inferior" contain about 170 plates. After N. Visscher's death, some of Visscher's copper plates passed to Petrus Schenk II (1693-1775), who used them for numerous reprints.

Historical Description

Tournay is a small town in southwestern France. It originated in the Middle Ages and developed as a fortified settlement along important trade routes. Due to its location between the plains and the Pyrenees, it once had strategic importance. Historically, Tournay belonged to the region of Gascony and later became part of the French kingdom. Today, it is a rural community in the region of Occitanie.