Siege of Doesburg. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (cartoon creator) [painter] Meulen, Adam Frans van der (Flemish, 1632-1690) (cartoon creator) [painter] Martin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1659-1735) (cartoon creator) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1685-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 15'8" x W 11'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool, silk & metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by Louis XIV as a gift to Count Buhl. Lord Amherst of Hackney coll., Didlington Hall, Norfolk, England.
Siege of Doesburg. Le Brun, Charles (French, 1619-1690) (cartoon creator) [painter] Meulen, Adam Frans van der (Flemish, 1632-1690) (cartoon creator) [painter] Martin, Jean-Baptiste I (French, 1659-1735) (cartoon creator) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1685-1711 Tapestry Dimensions: H 15'8" x W 11'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool, silk & metallic thread (gold & silver) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Commissioned by Louis XIV as a gift to Count Buhl. Lord Amherst of Hackney coll., Didlington Hall, Norfolk, England. l. French & Co. purchased from Spanish Art Gallery 3/29/1920; sold to William Randolph Hearst 7/14/27 [SS 7669]. French & Co. purchased from William Randolph Hearst 9/24/1940; sold to Dr. Preston Pope Satterwhite 2/28/1941 [SS 19839]. Gift of Susan Barr Satterwhite to the J. B. Speed Art Museum. United States, Kentucky, Louisville, Speed Art Museum, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription on lower border: DOESBURG / Ville tres Comce de Zurphen, siuee sur le canal de Drusus a l'endroit ou ce / canal entre dans [?]ssel Le Roy l'assiegea luy meme en personne Ce fut a ce siege qu'il / eut avis de la reduction de vingt places fameuses des Hollandois. IL pris celle cy en / deux jours de [?]ranchees & la garnison qui etoit de quatre mille hommes se rendit a discretion / Le 21 Juin 1672 (Doesburg, well-fortified city of the county of Zurphen (Holland) on the Drusus Canal, at the point where that canal enters the Yssel. The king besieged it himself in person. It was at this siege that he had notice of the surrender of twenty famous places of Holland. He took this in two days of trenching, & the garrison which contained four thousand men gave itself up on the 21st of June, 1672) King Louis XIV on horseback & pointing his sword, with 2 generals behind him on R, & his soldiers fighting in L middle ground, fortified city in flames in distance (BRD) grotesque ornament including
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