Gallia Romana

Notice

City Autun (Saône-et-Loire, 71)
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Resource type Painting (oil on canvas)
Date 17th century
Inscription « . LA. VILLE. ET. CITE .D'AVTVN. ASSIEGEE. PAR. LE. Sr. MARÉCHAL. DAVLMONT. EN. LANNEE 1591. DEDANS. LAQVELLE. COMMANDOIT. LE. Sr. DE. CHISSEY. GOVVERNEVR. DICELLE. »
References Autun, Musée Rolin, inv. HV. 1
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« . LA. VILLE. ET. CITE .D’AVTVN. ASSIEGEE. PAR. LE. Sr. MARÉCHAL. DAVLMONT. EN. LANNEE 1591. DEDANS. LAQVELLE. COMMANDOIT. LE. Sr. DE. CHISSEY. GOVVERNEVR. DICELLE. »

The painting shows Autun besieged in 1591 by the Maréchal d’Aumont. The layout of the Roman fortifications is perfectly visible. The eastern tower of the ‘Porte d’Arroux’ has disappeared, as well as the southern tower of the ‘Porte Saint-André’; the remaining towers depicted here number thirty eight