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View of the Battle of Lepanto, 1571 (Nafpaktos, West Greece, Greece) 38°23ʹ30ʺN 21°49ʹ39ʺE
published 1572Etching with engraving; printed on paper; mounted on paper (Mount Type A); gilt edges left, bottom and right | 32.3 x 45.0 cm (image and sheet) | RCIN 721060
A high oblique view/map of the naval Battle of Lepanto, fought on 7 October 1571 between the fleets of the Holy League (Spain, Venice, Genoa, Papal States, Duchies of Tuscany, Savoy Urbino, and the Knights Hospitallers of Malta) commanded by Don John of Austria (24 February 1547-1 October 1578) and the Ottomans, commanded by Grand Admiral Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (d.7 October 1571), resulting in a victory for the Holy League. Fourth Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-1573). Oriented with north to top.
This print is a re-engraved version of RCIN 721059 which it follows closely.
Martin Rota (Sibenik c.1520-Vienna 1583) (designer)
Giacomo Franco (1550-1620) (etcher)
Nicolo Nelli (b.1530, active 1562-74) (publisher) [at bottom of panel, bottom left:] Belisarii Galdini / Martinus Rota Sibenicensis Inuentor. / Iacobus Francus restituit apud Nicolaum Nelli. M.D.LXXII. / VENETIIS.
Subject(s)
Navy-Venetian RepublicNavy-Holy LeagueNavy-TurkeyWatermark: Three-runged ladder in shield, a six-pointed star above
Condition: one fold line; mount with one fold line, not coincident with print fold; very brown with age, some foxing; a small tear, some detail missing, bottom centre with very old repair which pre-dates the mounting; some surface dirt; impressions from the mounts of items which were kept above and below this print in a former sequence are present on the recto and verso
32.3 x 45.0 cm (image and sheet)
cropped (platemark)
41.1 x 54.9 cm (mount)
Printed title:
Quis uiolare ausit iurato fœdere pacem, / Regna aliena iugo premere, atq excindere gentem / Immeritam ... [no title; in a panel, bottom left, a thirty-five line verse, begins]
Annotations:
George III heading: Naval Engagement Lepanto 1571.
Other annotations (R) [br, bp:] 1572. (V) [tl, on map, rp:] 1/50.
George III catalogue entry:
Lepanto A View of the Battle of Lepanto by, M. Rota, repaired by Giac.o Franco, and published by N. Nelli, 1572. [The same entry appears under the heading Naval Engagement]
Subject(s)
Nafpaktos, West Greece, Greece (38°23ʹ30ʺN 21°49ʹ39ʺE)
Bibliographic reference(s)
M. McDonald, The Print Collection of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Part II, Architecture, Topography and Military Maps, 3 vols, London 2019, cat. no. 2708
Page revisions
25 May 2024
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