Identification title(s): personification of holy rome with the coat of arms of pope eugene ivnumismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-90. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: a console with the personification of holy rome (roma santa), depicted as minerva. She wears a helmet with the christ monogram on top. This monogram also adorns the head of her spear. A snake writhes under the skewer. On the right a shield with the coat of arms of pope eugene iv. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: robert van audenaerd (mentioned on object), client: giovanni francesco barbarigo (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: rome. Dating: 1673 - 1743. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 182 mm × w 180 mm. Subject: what: (story of) minerva (pallas, athena), coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc. ), letters and monograms ~ symbols of christsnakespersonifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc. Who: eugenius iv. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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