Printed and manuscript maps, prints and views of 22 seventeenth-century wars
A naval battle near Chios, 1647 (Chios [Scio] Island, North Aegean, Greece) 38°24ʹ21ʺN 26°01ʹ28ʺE
1647 or laterEtching; printed on paper; laid down on paper and then mounted on paper (Mount Type B); gilt edge, top | 21.1 x 29.9 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 723075
A high oblique view and map of the successful Venetian raid on Çeşme on 14 May 1647. Cretan War (Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War 1645-1669). Oriented with north to top (cardinal points).
The print shows the coastline of Turkey from the area of present-day Assos [classical Assus] (39°29ʹ36ʺN 26°19ʹʺE) in the north (on the coast north of 'S. annonia') to just south of the island of Chios, perhaps as far as ancient Ephesus (37°56ʹ23ʺN 27°20ʹ27ʺE). The Turkish fleet is shown retreating to Mytilene on Lesbos.
François Collignon (c.1610-87) (etcher)
? Horatio Marinari (active 1634-56) (etcher) [top left, below title, in title cartouche:] francesco Collignon fecit in S.to Thomasso imperione / et Horatio Marinaro in S.to Andre della Vale, / Roma Sup.m per.
Subject(s)
Navy-Venetian RepublicNavy-Ottoman EmpireWatermark: Print: Star with three hills within a circle. Backing paper: Three-petalled flower, the letters A and V to either side. Mount: none.
Condition: no fold lines
21.1 x 29.9 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
22.3 x 23.6 cm (mount)
Printed title:
COMBATIMENTO SEGVITO / dentro il porto di Scio tra l’armata / Veneta é la Turchesca, che rimasse assai / maltrata con la fuga fatta di notte da / esse Gallere Turchesche al n.o di 40. uerso / Metelino é lacquisto fatto da Veneti / à Cismé porto assai forte, di 40. / Cannoni é fette inchiodati, 24. saiche, / 36. insegni presa da detta armata / Veneta con li uiueri e monitione / che andauano per rinforzo é soc= / corso della Canea é fuga di C.a / 15. mille Combattanti che ui stauano / il 14. Magio. 1647. [top left, in cartouche]
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement at Scio 14 May 1647.
Other annotations: none.
George III catalogue entry:
Naval Engagement Combatimento seguito dentro il Porto di Scio tra l’Armata Veneta e la Turchesca, e l’Acquisto fatto da Veneti a Cisme presa da detta Armata Veneta il 14 Magio 1647: da F. Collignon et H. Marinaro. [The same entry appears under the heading Scio]
Subject(s)
Chios [Scio] Island, North Aegean, Greece (38°24ʹ21ʺN 26°01ʹ28ʺE)
Çeşme, Īzmir, Turkey (38°19'22"N 26°18'23"E)
Lesbos, Lesbos Island, North Aegean, Greece, (39°12ʹ12ʺN 26°16ʹ35ʺE)
Mytilene, North Aegean, Greece (39°06ʹ36ʺN 26°33ʹ17ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
Mark McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 3199
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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