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(Great Fire of London) Londra. Incendio Della Gran Citta di Londra Metropoli del Regno d Inghilterra Succaesso AD 21 Settembre 1666...
Publication Place / Date
Vienna / 1674
Image Dimensions
35.5 x 11 inches
Color
Uncolored
Condition
VG
Stock# 104686
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An attractively engraved 17th-century panorama of the Great Fire of London published eight years after the disaster. This rare and detailed engraving provides a view of the city from Southwark on the southern bank of the River Thames, depicting both the Globe and Swan theaters in the foreground. At the entrance to London Bridge, the heads of executed individuals are ominously displayed on pikes, adding to the dramatic nature of the scene. The fire is shown at its full extent, engulfing a large portion of the city in flames.

This print accompanied the third part of Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato’s Historia di Leopoldo Cesare, a three-volume work detailing the military campaigns of Emperor Leopold I. The work was published by Battista Hacque in Vienna between 1670 and 1674.

The engraving is a variant of the Claes Jan Visscher view of London from 1616, and though unsigned, it is believed to have been part of the set of engravings produced by F. van den Steen, C. Meijssens, and G. Bouttats, based on designs by J. Toorenvliet and A. Bloem.

Condition Description
Engraving on two sheets of 17th-century laid paper joined as one. Right plate more weekly inked. Some retouching around the joining of the two sheets.
Reference
Graesse (1922) III, 166. Lipperheide (1965) Ci 38. Scouloudi (1953) p. 35.
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