Identification title(s): portrait of girolamo barbarigo and the personification of friendship. Numismata virorum illustrium ex barbadica gente (series title). Object type: print album page object number: rp-p-1985-386-129. 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 girolamo barbarigo on the front. On the back, a venetian delegation is received by emperor frederick iii, standing under a canopy. Around the pedestal the personification of friendship, depicted with the three graces. As a group they are positioned in such a way that both outer figures are visible and the middle one is not. Their attributes are a die, myrtle branch and rose. 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 220 mm × w 235 mm. Subject: what: medal (considered as a piece of sculpture, regardless of its specific function). Friendship; 'amicitia' (ripa). Graces (charites), generally three in number; 'gratie' (ripa), audition; ruler giving audience - bb - female ruler. Who: frederick iii of habsburg (emperor of the holy roman empire). Girolamo barbarigo. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1985. Date: between 1673 and 1743.
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