The Order of Battle of the Turkish Army, Sebastiano de'Valentinis, after Frans Huys, 1558
etching, h 400mm × w 716mm More details
In a time when there were no newspapers, prints were important disseminators of news. Depictions of special events, for instance a battle, were spread throughout Europe in print form. This imposing etching shows the Turkish army trekking through a ravaged landscape in a special order of battle. As a Catholic, Zobel was naturally interested in the ongoing conflict between the Christian world and the Ottoman Empire.
