The landing of Archduke Charles at Barcelona in 1705

DECKER, Paul.

Die Anländung Königs Caroli in Catalonien und Erfolgter Einzug in Barcelona. Lo Sbarco in Catalinia del Re Carlo et Intrada sua in Barcelona.
Augsburg, Jeremias Wolff, c.1720. Etching, 470 x 375mm.

The arrival of Archduke Charles of Austria at Barcelona, trying to force his claim to the Spanish throne, resulting in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), in which England gained both Gibraltar and Minorca. The central scene is surrounded by a rococo border with an Italian text description printed from a separate plate, allowing editions in different languages.
This plate was etched by Johann August Corvinus after a painting by Paul Decker, and was published by Wolff in 'Repraesentatio belli, ob successionem in Regno Hispanico...', a history of the war.


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