Identification title(s): title of the festa della sensa (fifth part). Ankunfft und herkommen der weitberümbten herrlichen statt venedig sambt derselben gewaltigen herrschafft (title on object). Object type: print text sheet object number: rp-p-ob-21. 336. Catalog reference: new hollstein german (amman) 244. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: procession of the doge on ascension day across st. Mark's square in venice. The procession leads to the bucintoro, the doge's galley. Once a year, during the festa della sensa, the doge ceremonially 'married' the adriatic sea by throwing a ring into the water from this galley. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: jost amman, publisher: johann valentin schäller. Place of manufacture: printmaker: nuremberg, publisher: frankfurt am main. Date: 1697. Material: paper technique: woodcut. Dimensions: sheet: h 147 mm × w 382 mm explanation fifth part of a title associated with a print of the festa della sensa. The performance is printed from fourteen blocks, the title from five blocks and the caption consists of five parts of three columns of german text each. The rijksmuseum collection contains two complete copies, including title and caption. Subject: what: procession ~ christian religiongondolacity-view in general; 'veduta'. Where: torre dell'orologio, doge's palace. Patriarchal cathedral basilica of st. Mark, st. Mark's square, venice. Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1697.
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