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Allegorical Map of the Siege of the Castle of Love, 1735 (coloured engraving)

Allegorical Map of the Siege of the Castle of Love, 1735 (coloured engraving)
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Image title
Allegorical Map of the Siege of the Castle of Love, 1735 (coloured engraving)
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Artist
Seutter, Georg Matthäus (1678-1757) / German
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
coloured engraving
Date
1735 AD (C18th AD)
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Full title: Allegorical Map of the Siege of the Castle of Love Published: 1735, Augsburg Format: Engraving / Hand colouring / Map Creator: Seutter Georg Matthaüs Shelfmark: Maps C.26.f.4.(42). In this map, Seutter has recast typical contemporary town plans into an allegorical map of the siege of the Castle of Love. Unusually for a map of love, the plan is drawn from a male perspective: the Castle of Love is the male heart, while it is the women who are shown trying to break through the male’s outer defences. The male heart is shown in the keep of a fortified town. This is reminiscent of the siege maps from the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), which would have been very familiar to a contemporary audience. The keep is surrounded by a moat, labvelled ‘La Mer Glacee Sans Passion’ (‘Frozen Sea without Passion’).

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
castle / fictional / fiction / siege / map / castle of love / Engraving / Mzengraving

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