Repræsentatio scenographica Arcis Cronenburg auspiciis S.R. M. Sueciæ. ductu vero Exell. Dn. Com. C.G. Wrangelij reg. Sue. archithalassi et locumtenentis regij generalis -15 Aug. oppugnari cœptæ et -6 Septemb. pactionibus occupatæ. anno. 1658

Item Information

Title:

Repræsentatio scenographica Arcis Cronenburg auspiciis S.R. M. Sueciæ. ductu vero Exell. Dn. Com. C.G. Wrangelij reg. Sue. archithalassi et locumtenentis regij generalis -15 Aug. oppugnari cœptæ et -6 Septemb. pactionibus occupatæ. anno. 1658

Description:

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is set in a fictional fortress named Elsinore, believed to be based on Kronborg Castle, in the city of Helsingør on the northeast coast of Denmark. Originally built in the 1420s, Kronborg was rebuilt in 1574. This late 17th-century engraving shows Kronborg under cannon fire during the Dano-Swedish war of 1658-60, when Sweden invaded Denmark, several decades after Shakespeare's death.

Artist:

Dahlbergh, Erik Jönsson, greve, 1625-1703

Contributor:

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von, 1632-1694

Creator:

Dahlbergh, Erik Jönsson, greve, 1625-1703

Publisher:

Riegel, Christoph

Name on Item:

E.I. Dahlbergh ad viuum del.

Date:

[1696]

Format:

Maps

Location:

Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

Collection (local):

Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection

Subjects:

Kronborg (Helsingør, Denmark)--Pictorial works
Swedish-Dutch War, 1658-1659--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Helsingør (Denmark)--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Helsingør (Denmark)--Aerial views--Early works to 1800

Places:

Denmark > Capital (region) > Kronborg Castle

Extent:

1 view ; 27 x 55 cm

Permalink:

https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/q524n3894

Terms of Use:

No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Publisher:

[Norimbergae] : [Sumptibus Christophori Riegelij]

Scale:

Not drawn to scale

Language:

Latin

Notes:

Conservation of this piece was funded by Anna Kuznetsova-Schafer and Ronald Schafer.
Bird's-eye view of the attack on Kronborg Castle by Swedish forces led by Karl Gustav Wrangel.
In Samuel von Pufendorf's De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sueciae rege gestis commentariorum libri septem. Norimbergae : Sumptibus Christophori Riegelij, 1696.
Includes references, decorative title cartouche and ornamental border.
"N. 85."

Notes (date):

This date is inferred.

Notes (exhibitions):

Exhibited: "Shakespeare’s Here and Everywhere" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2016-2017.

Identifier:

06_01_015727

Call #:

G2070 .P84 1696

Barcode:

30000005717473

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