tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post6126913699120379170..comments2024-02-15T00:27:43.008-08:00Comments on Alabarda, Pica y Mosquete: El Ejército expedicionario español del Duque de Alba, enviado a Flandes en 1567Wallensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03333331536618801764noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-41427093611638895162017-07-01T17:55:30.020-07:002017-07-01T17:55:30.020-07:00Thank you very much!Thank you very much!D.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002994669249009063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-31283873558871743612017-06-29T14:28:35.731-07:002017-06-29T14:28:35.731-07:00Hello, a painting by Francisco Rizi shows a genera...Hello, a painting by Francisco Rizi shows a general of artillery, circa 1660. The general wears a black or dark garb, this seems to be the color used in many gunners of the time, because the black powder stained and left enough waste in the clothes.<br />Perhaps a similar appearance should have had the gunners of the years 1670-1680, with the addition of wearing the typical tie knotted to the neck, typical of those years.<br /><br />In the works "El perfecto bombardero, y práctico artificial" (1691) and "El perfecto artificial, bombardero y artillero" (1699) of Sebastián Fernández de Medrano, spanish military engineer of Flanders, several artillerymen are shown with a similar clothing to the rest of the french or dutch soldiers of the same period.<br /><br />Thanks for asking.Wallensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333331536618801764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-45391449164067252902017-06-28T09:19:34.005-07:002017-06-28T09:19:34.005-07:00One last question: Do you know any information abo...One last question: Do you know any information about, or any contemporary picture that shows, the dress of the spanish artillerymen during the 1670-1700 period? I'm having a hard time finding anything on the subject.D.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002994669249009063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-15504488653754078342017-06-28T08:46:36.308-07:002017-06-28T08:46:36.308-07:00Thank you very much!Thank you very much!D.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002994669249009063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-36644303602700191772017-06-27T15:21:31.935-07:002017-06-27T15:21:31.935-07:00Hello Mr. Miguel, in the 1660-1680 period the icon...Hello Mr. Miguel, in the 1660-1680 period the iconography of the spanish soldiers is very poor, because there were practically no victories that were celebrated in paintings and engravings.<br /><br />For the Flander's wars -War of Devolution (1667-1668), Dutch War or Franco-Dutch War (1672-1679) and War of the Reunions (1683-1684)- battle scenes of Romeyn de Hooghe, Joseph Parrocel, Jan Luyken and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Especially those referred to the battle of Seneffe (1674), Cassel (1677), and the siege of Naarden (1673). And also the painting of Adam Frans van der Meulen on the defeat of the Spanish cavalry in the channel of Bruges in 1667.<br /><br />A famous painting by Francisco Rizi about an "Auto de Fe" celebrated in Madrid in 1680, which shows several soldiers and officers in yellow coats, as well as soldiers of the royal guard in "old fashion" uniforms.<br /><br />Engravings referring to the siege of Buda (1686), where a contingent of Spanish volunteers participated, among them the Duke of Bejar, who died of the wounds received in the assault on the walls.<br /><br />About the Portuguese Restoration War (1640-1668), the battles shown at the Marquis da Fronteira Palace in Lisbon: Elvas (1659), Estremoz or Ameixial (1663), Castel Rodrigo (1664), Montes Claros or Villaviciosa (1665) y Chaves (1667).<br />Also the screen of Viscount de Fonte Arcada in Lisbon, and<br />engravings of the battles of Elvas and Ameixial, attributed to Dirk Stoop.<br /><br />By last, guardroom scenes from the flemish painters Gillis van Tilborgh and Jan van Helmont.<br /><br />Thanks for asking.Wallensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333331536618801764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034119491360508955.post-47903738175845786162017-06-24T15:29:49.499-07:002017-06-24T15:29:49.499-07:00Dear Mr. Wallenstein, do you know any contemporary...Dear Mr. Wallenstein, do you know any contemporary paintings or engravings of spanish soldiers from the 1660-1680 period?D.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002994669249009063noreply@blogger.com