Description This print shows a view on the covered storm bridge invented by Prince Maurits and used by the State army during the siege and capture of Sluis, Netherlands, August 1604. The bridge was designed to allow soldiers to safely approach the city walls during the siege. Made by after an anonymous artist. Medium: engraving / etching on handlaid (verge) paper. Watermark: pot. Sheet size: 34 x 13.5 cm (13.39 x 5.31 inch). Image size: 33 x 9.5 cm. (12.99 x 3.74 inch). Condition: good, given age. Folds as published, Extra fold. Creases. Smudges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. STORM BRIDGE-PRINCE MAURITS-NETHERLANDS-SLUIS-STATE ARMY-CAPTURE | RBOS-A11-06 BACKGROUND INFORMATION This attractive print was published ca 1604. Biography engraver: The Van Doetecum Brothers were active in Antwerp and later in the Northern Netherlands in the second half of the 16th. Century. Joannes van Doetechum / Deutecum / Deutekum / Deutechum the elder (c.1570-1630) was a Dutch 16th. c. engraver and editor from Deventer. He is the brother and worked with the engraver Lucas van Doetechum. He is the father of the engraver and printer Baptista van Doetechum and Johannes van Deutechum the younger.?.
