Title
Asedio di Castro con la militia Echlesiastica.
Publication details
[approximately 1649]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and red chalk ; sheet 55.2 x 84 cm
Description
Bird's-eye view of the town of Castro and surrounding area, with military camp in the foreground set by a road leading to the fortifications around Castro, some of them built by the papal army, town and fortress in the background; scale and key at right. Grid in red chalk superimposed to the drawing in ink.
Place
Viterbo (Italy)
Additional information
Bound in volume with index preceding drawings and prints numbered 1-115 (page no. 81). Probably from the collection of Cardinal Albani, acquired for George III by James Adam in 1762. Possibly produced during the Second War of Castro (1649), which ended with the destruction of the town by Papal troops.
Shelfmark
Maps 6.TAB.3.fol.81.