View of an Encampment of the Army of Willem III near Halle, Flemish Brabant, Josua de Grave, 1675

Title(s)

View of an Encampment of the Army of Willem III near Halle, Flemish Brabant

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-00-139

Catalogue reference

• FMH 2575-9

Inscriptions / marks

• date: ‘1675’

Description

Kampement van het leger van Willem III in Henegouwen bij het de stad Halle, 1675. Soldaten bij tenten.

Artist

• draughtsman: Josua de Grave

Place

Halle

Dating

1675

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with grey wash, over traces of graphite; framing line in black ink

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 133 mm × width 178 mm

What

• (military) camp with tents

When

• 1675 - 1675

Where

• Halle

Who

• William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland)

Acquisition

purchase 1881

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, I, p. 391, cat.nr. 2575/9
• Drie tekenaars van topografische prenten in Brabant en elders: Valentijn Klotz, Josua de Grave en Constantijn Huygens Jr., R.J.G.M. van Hasselt, cat.nr. 454 of 455