Famiano Strada – Leo Belgicus (1648)

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Famiano Strada – Leo Belgicus (1648)

“Famiano Strada was a Jesuit priest who taught at the Collegio Romana of the Jesuits in Rome.
The most famous work by Famiano Strada is De Bello Belgico decades duae, 1555-1590. The book described the first period of the Eighty Years’ War and was written with Alexander Farnese’s help (1545-1592), around 1602. It provides a pro-Spanish and pro-Catholic account of the Dutch War of Independence. The first part, Decas Prima, was published in 1632 and the second part, Decas Secunda, in 1647.

Eight different copperplates of the Leo Belgicus were engraved in different sizes for Strada’s book, all of them representing the lion rampant and facing right. The lion map served as an engraved frontispiece for both the first and the second decades. Editions in Italian, Dutch, French, Spanish and Polish language followed, but only the Latin and Dutch editions have de lion maps.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, maps of the Low Countries frequently were drawn in the form of a lion, known by its Latin designation, Leo Belgicus. The “Belgian” lion usually included all of the 17 provinces variously referred to as the Netherlands or the Low Countries, even though the seven provinces of the north broke away in 1581 to form the Dutch Republic. Symbols of Dutch patriotism, these maps often appeared in 17th-century Dutch paintings, hanging on the walls of inns or private homes, as in Jan Vermeer’s The Painter and His Studio.”

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