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Collection | Malta Maritime Museum |
HMML Proj. Num. |
HMAR 00464 |
Title | Capture of a Barbary galley by Francesco Borbolani, 1596 |
Alternate Title | I pregj della Toscana nell'imprese piu' segnalte de' cavalieri di Santo Stefano |
Alternate Title | Presa dun Gran Vascello Barbaresco |
Associated Name | Fontana, Fulvio, 1649-1723 (Author) VIAF |
Associated Name | Vincent, Hubert, active approximately 1680-1730 (Engraver) VIAF |
Associated Name | Nestenus, Michele, -1731 (Printer) VIAF |
Associated Name | Miccioni, Pier Mattia, active 1699-1701 (Printer) VIAF |
Associated Name | Sacro militare ordine di Santo Stefano papa e martire VIAF |
Place Of Origin | Florence, Italy? |
Centuries | 18th century |
Date | Post 1701 |
Language(s) | Italian |
Object Type(s) | Engraving |
Dimensions | 26 x 40.7 cm |
Medium | Black ink on paper |
Technique | Copper engraving |
Inscription Type | Inscription |
Inscription Tech. | Engraved |
Inscription Pos. | Recto, upper left corner |
Inscription Text | IX |
Inscription Note | Numbered inscription partially effaced |
Signature | H. V. In. F. |
Description |
Capture of a Barbary galley by Francesco Borbolani, 8th admiral of the Order of Santo Stefano, here serving as general of galleys in a cruise off Sicily in 1596. The captured galley was returned to Livorno. |
Culture | European |
Tag(s) | Maritime art; Military art; Military religious orders; Prints |
Notes |
Malta Maritime Museum inventory number: 40142; a later unidentified state perhaps made from the original plates of Fulvio Fontana's I pregj della Toscana (1701). The later state effaces the numbered plate in the upper left corner and removes the legend letters referring to the text |
Bibliography |
Fulvio Fontana, I pregj della Toscana nell'imprese piu' segnalte de' cavalieri di Santo Stefano (Florence: Pier Mattia Miccioni and Michele Nestenus, 1701). |
Permanent link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/3846 |
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