Blamont, by Braun & Hogenberg. 1575-1612
CARTOUCHE: Blâmont in Lorraine's Pays de Vague.
Signed bottom right: Painted by Georg Hoefnagel.
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Blâmont is a town in Lorraine, about six stone throws from Nancy and ten from Strasbourg. The town is not very big but in a charming situation. The town is important for three reasons; firstly, it has a very big old castle; second, a ducal palace; thirdly, the inhabitants are almost all farmers, good, pious and honourable people."
In this view of the town of Blâmont, the 12th-century castle and the ducal palace stand out. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Blâmont was a fief of the Salm family, and it became a county in the 15th century. In the mid-16th century, Christina of Denmark resided here until she was driven out by French troops, who occupied the land until 1661. During the Thirty Years' War, the town was completely burned down, and the castle was destroyed by Richelieu and the troops of Louis XIII. (Taschen)
Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the most excellent book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many plates were engraved after the original drawings of a professional artist, a professional artist, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Following the original publication of Volume 1 of the Civitates in 1572, seven further editions of 1575, 1577, 1582, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1612 can be identified. Vol.2, first issued in 1575, was followed by further editions in 1597 and 1612. The subsequent volumes appeared in 1581, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1606. The German translation of the first volume appeared from 1574 on, and the French edition from 1575 on.
Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.
Georg Braun (1541-1622)
Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree, and in 1562, he received his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.
Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.
Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne
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Category: Antique maps > Europe > France - Cities
Old, antique map - view of Blâmont by Braun and Hogenberg.
Title: Blanmont au Pays de Vauge en Loreyne.
Date of the first edition: 1575.
Date of this map: 1575-1612.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 293 x 455mm (11.54 x 17.91 inches).
Verso: Latin text.
Condition: Original coloured, with some browning along the upper centrefold.
Condition Rating: A.
From: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, ... Part 2. Köln, 1575-1612.
CARTOUCHE: Blâmont in Lorraine's Pays de Vague.
Signed bottom right: Painted by Georg Hoefnagel.
COMMENTARY BY BRAUN: "Blâmont is a town in Lorraine, about six stone throws from Nancy and ten from Strasbourg. The town is not very big but in a charming situation. The town is important for three reasons; firstly, it has a very big old castle; second, a ducal palace; thirdly, the inhabitants are almost all farmers, good, pious and honourable people."
In this view of the town of Blâmont, the 12th-century castle and the ducal palace stand out. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Blâmont was a fief of the Salm family, and it became a county in the 15th century. In the mid-16th century, Christina of Denmark resided here until she was driven out by French troops, who occupied the land until 1661. During the Thirty Years' War, the town was completely burned down, and the castle was destroyed by Richelieu and the troops of Louis XIII. (Taschen)
Braun G. & Hogenberg F. and the Civitates Orbis Terrarum.
The Civitates Orbis Terrarum, or the "Braun & Hogenberg", is a six-volume town atlas and the most excellent book of town views and plans ever published: 363 engravings, sometimes beautifully coloured. It was one of the best-selling works in the last quarter of the 16th century. Georg Braun wrote the text accompanying the plans and views on the verso. Many plates were engraved after the original drawings of a professional artist, a professional artist, Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600). The first volume was published in Latin in 1572, and the sixth in 1617. Frans Hogenberg created the tables for volumes I through IV, and Simon van den Neuwel made those for volumes V and VI. Other contributors were cartographers Daniel Freese and Heinrich Rantzau. Works by Jacob van Deventer, Sebastian Münster, and Johannes Stumpf were also used. Translations appeared in German and French.
Following the original publication of Volume 1 of the Civitates in 1572, seven further editions of 1575, 1577, 1582, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1612 can be identified. Vol.2, first issued in 1575, was followed by further editions in 1597 and 1612. The subsequent volumes appeared in 1581, 1588, 1593, 1599 and 1606. The German translation of the first volume appeared from 1574 on, and the French edition from 1575 on.
Several printers were involved: Theodor Graminaeus, Heinrich von Aich, Gottfried von Kempen, Johannis Sinniger, Bertram Buchholtz and Peter von Brachel, who all worked in Cologne.
Georg Braun (1541-1622)
Georg Braun was born in Cologne in 1541. After his studies in Cologne, he entered the Jesuit Order as a novice. 1561, he obtained his bachelor's degree, and in 1562, he received his Magister Artium. Although he left the Jesuit Order, he studied theology, gaining a licentiate in theology.
Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590)
Frans Hogenberg was a Flemish and German painter, engraver, and mapmaker. He was born in Mechelen as the son of Nicolaas Hogenberg.
By the end of the 1560s, Frans Hogenberg was employed upon Abraham Ortelius's Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, published in 1570; he is named an engraver of numerous maps. In 1568, he was banned from Antwerp by the Duke of Alva and travelled to London, where he stayed a few years before emigrating to Cologne. He immediately embarked on his two most important works, the Civitates, published in 1572 and the Geschichtsblätter, which appeared in several series from 1569 until about 1587.
Thanks to large-scale projects like the Geschichtsblätter and the Civitates, Hogenberg's social circumstances improved with each passing year. He died as a wealthy man in Cologne in 1590.