Assault and Conquest of Gaeta, 1707

The storming and capture of Gaeta by the Allied troops on behalf of King Charles III, 30 September 1707. The central depiction of the fleet before the city in a richly decorated ornamental frame with a drapery at the top containing a view of the Italian coast. At the bottom a cartouche with the description of the events in German, crowned by two river gods and a weapon with the monogram CR of Carolus Rex. On the sides fountains with figures. Sheet in the bound collection of plates published under the title: Repraesentatio belli ... Der Spanische Successions-Krieg [ca. 1720].