Venetian fleet

805 PLN

FRANCISCUS VENETAE CLASSI | ALAS INSTRUIT MILITARES, | UT THRACIAS IN PALMAS | MAGIS CITATO CURSU- | TRIUMPHATURA PROVEHATUR.

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In the left corner of composition in the middle something that looks like a signature: .FW. or .E.

Decorative print about the Venetian Fleet. We suppose it's related to one of Morean Wars against the Ottoman Empire. The "Franciscus Venetea"  maybe be derived from Francesco Morosini (1619-94) who was a commander of the Venetian fleet during the 7th Ottoman-Venetian war(1684-1699) .

Condition - signs of old folds that suggest that print could be a book illustration.

 

Original copperplate engraving, probably from early XVIIIth century) , framed. Size within the passe-partout: 27,5 x 32cm.


Condition: paper yellowish, little stained, fold on the right side.  Decorative border somtimes brighter (maybe due to restoration, or some smaller damage) . Not tested without the frame. 

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