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Regiae Maiestati Republicae Venetae Gloriosissimae Francisco Mauroceno Serenissimo Principi Augustissimis Patribus.

SKU: 1996 Type:

[CORONELLI, Vincenzo]
Venice,
Engraved broadsheet.
635 by 460mm. (25 by 18 inches).
1996

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A broadsheet alluding both to Venice's miliary prowess and its religious orthodoxy, probably created to celebrate the return of the fighting Doge, Francesco Morosini, in 1688.

The print depicts a (?Franciscan) scribe addressing the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in mirror writing ("Dignari me Laudari te, Virga Sacrata" - "make me worthy to praise you, Holy Virgin"), surrounded by a portico decorated with garlands containing vignette engravings o...

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