Title
[View of Bastion at Groenlo].
Publication details
[about 1627]
Physical details
1 drawing : ink and watercolour ; sheet 25.4 x 37.5 cm
Description
View of one of the bastions of a fortification, possibly in Groenlo, with seven cannons pointing above the walls in the foreground and square roofed tower accessed through arched door under a carved lion in the background.
Place
Groenlo (Netherlands)
Additional information
From a Venetian collection of Italian and Netherlandish manuscript plans of forts and military engagements bound in two volumes and produced for Marco and Domenico Molino (or Molin). The second volume includes some figure studies and portraits; a number of architectural drawings can also be found in both volumes. Formerly in the collection of Hans Sloane, who offered them to queen Caroline of Ansbach as a gift in 1735. Bound opposite Maps K.Top.78.31.a.(vol.i.39.a.).
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.78.31.a.(vol.i.39.b.)