Identification title(s): portrait of agostino barbarigo and the personifications of venice and the ottoman empire. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-103. 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 admiral agostino barbarigo on the front. He has an arrow in his hands. On the back a shield, flanked on both sides by victoria. Below that the text: magnae navalis victoriae. At the pedestal the personification of venice, with doge hat, and a personification of the ottoman empire. Behind it, the lion of saint mark slays the ottoman dragon. 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 221 mm × w 235 mm. Subject: what: symbols, allegories of peace, 'pax'; 'pace' (ripa), personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. 'victoria'; 'vittoria', 'vittoria navale', 'vittoria degl'antichi' (ripa), dragonlion (possibly with book) ~ symbol of st. Markcommander-in-chief, admiral. Asiatic races and peoples: turkish. Where: venice. Who: agostino barbarigo. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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