Identification title(s): portrait of arrigo of muggia and the personification of fame. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-107. 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 arrigo of muggia, the ancestor of the barbarigo family, on the front. According to legend, arrigo defended the city of muggio against the saracens. He cut off the beards of his opponents and thus earned his nickname barba-arrigo. Arrigo is depicted in armor with a laurel wreath. Around his neck a chain of saracen beards. On the back, arrigo cuts off the beards. Above that the text: a victoria nomen. Above the pedestal, faam draws the coat of arms of the barbarigo family. An eagle holds the inkwell. With a palm branch in its other claw, the eagle is the symbol of power and victory. The pedestal is flanked by two coats of arms. On the left that of the city of muggia. 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 characteristics: engraving pasted on album page. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process) / pasting. Dimensions: plate edge: h 217 mm × w 240 mm. Subject: what: symbols, allegories of peace, 'pax'; 'pace' (ripa), beard. Fame; 'fama', 'fama buona', 'fama chiara' (ripa), predatory birds: eaglecoat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc. ) who: arrigo barbaricus. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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