Summary
Georg Houfnaglius: View of Petrinja
On display are two views of Petrinja. The left side shows the Turkish fort of Petrinja around 1592, and the right side shows the fort after the expulsion of the Turkish army in 1595.
Copper engraving, hand-colored
Graphics published in: Georg Braun; Franz Hogenberg. Civitates orbis terrarum. Köln: vlast. nakl., vol. VI, 1572-1617. • Literature: Thieme/Becker vol. 17/18, p. 193-195; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish engravings, etchings and woodcuts, vol. 9, p. 45
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