Coins and Medals Department, Pushkin
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Capture of Arensburg,
September 15 (26), 1710

Author

Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich

Materials

silver

Weight

39,66 гр

Size

45 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich, 1983

Inventory №

251840

Obverse

PETRVS ALEXII FIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE.

Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M1)

Signed: M (Muller)

Reverse

OESELIA INSVLA ITA IN FIDEM RECEPTA.

Tsar Peter I standing right, taking crown and plan of fortress from kneeling female figure (allegory of island Ezel)

In exergue: ARENSBVRGVM CAPT./ D. XV. SERT./ S.V.

Comments

Plan of fortress on the reverse reproduced engraving from "Book of Mars"

Literature

Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 43); Shchukina 2006 (№ 136); Russian Victories 2009, 376

Keywords

PLAN OF ARENSBURG FORTRESS AT THE ISLAND EZEL,
1710

Print from the "Book of Mars"

Author

Piter Picart, studio

Size

450x500

Estate

лист обрезан

Provenance

Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924)

Inventory №

Гр-59502