Identification title(s): portrait of agostino barbarigo and the personifications of science, state speech and care. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-147. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: pedestal in the shape of a cartouche. On top of it a medallion with the portrait of agostino barbarigo with doge hat on the obverse. On the back the female personification of venice, surrounded by weapons and holding a sword. Next to him is the lion of saint mark. The pedestal is surrounded by three more personifications. Left science, a young man sitting in front of an open book by a lamp. Behind him a rooster. In addition, staatsrede (reason of state) dressed in a cuirass with a skirt underneath decorated with eyes and ears. He breaks some moon heads (sleeping bulbs) from their stems with a stick. Her left arm rests on the head of a lion. On the right is the female personification of care with a branch of thyme in her right hand with a bee flying. In her left hand an almond branch and a mulberry branch. A rooster at her feet. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: robert van audenaerd (mentioned on object), after own design by: robert van audenaerd (mentioned on object), client: giovanni francesco barbarigo. Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: 1673 - 1743. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 219 mm × w 235 mm. Subject: what: medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). Carefulness, diligence; 'diligenza' (ripa), reason of state; 'ragione di stato' (ripa), symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ science, 'scientia'; 'scienza', 'studio' (ripa), fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc. ), flowers: poppybeasts of prey, predatory animals: lionpersonifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Other sovereign: doge. Who: agostino barbarigo (doge of venice). Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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