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

Title(s)

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

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-00-145

Catalogue reference

• FMH 2575-3

Inscriptions / marks

• date: ‘16 8/6 75’

Description

Kampement van het leger van Willem III bij het dorp Lembeek in Henegouwen, 6 augustus 1675. Soldaten en tenten.

Artist

• draughtsman: Josua de Grave

Place

Lembeek

Dating

6-Aug-1675

Physical features

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

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 135 mm × width 174 mm

What

• (military) camp with tents

When

• 1675-08-06 - 1675-08-06

Where

• Lembeek

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. 2575/3
• 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. 474