1716Vezirac
The Battle of Petrovaradin, 5 August 1716, by Peter Schenk the Younger
Prince Eugene of Savoy, on a rearing horse, is shown triumphing in combat over the Ottoman Grand Vizier amid a sprawling battle between Semlin and Salankemen. Parallel Dutch and Latin captions describe the Imperial victory over the Turks under Eugene's command, both explicitly dated 5 August 1716. The sheet is signed by the Amsterdam publisher Pieter Schenk.
Peter Schenk the Younger
About this place
The hill above Petrovaradin on the Fruska Gora side of the Danube, and the ground on which the Battle of Petrovaradin was fought on 5 August 1716. The Ottoman army under the Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha camped here to besiege the fortress, and the hill carries his title: Vezirac is the Vizier's place. Prince Eugene of Savoy crossed from the fortress and broke the Ottoman line in a single morning. The Grand Vizier was mortally wounded in the fighting and died soon after, and the defeat ended the Ottoman advance on the middle Danube. The Peace Monument stands on the hill today.
On the card
Péterváradi csata, 1716. augusztus 5.
- Date
- 1716
- Coordinates
- 45.21071, 19.89849
- Source
- Hungarian National Museum
- Credit
- Hungarian National Museum / Schenk, Peter, ifj. (1693-1775)
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Size
- 640 × 545 px
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