Coins and Medals Department, Pushkin
Отдел Коллекция Проекты Научная работа отдела Библиотека События Партнеры Меценаты

Capture of Dunamunde,
August 8 (19), 1710

Author

Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich

Materials

tin

Size

46 мм

Provenance

From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich, 1983

Inventory №

251821

Obverse

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

Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M1)

Signed: M (Muller)

 

Reverse

CESSISTIS PARITER BENE MOSCHIS OSTIA DVNAE

River God reclining right, leaning on two vases with flowing water. looking on the plan of fortress situated on the island in the mouth of Daugava River (or Western Dvina)

In exergue: DVNAMVNDA CAPTA/ 15. AVG. S.V.

Comments

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

Literature

Shchukina 2006 (№ 111); Russian Victories 2009, 355

Keywords

PLAN OF SIEGE OF FORTRESS DUNAMUNDE, AUGUST 9, 1710

Print N 14 from the "Book of Mars"

Author

Unknown engraver of the St.Peterburg printing-office

Size

267x380; 210x294

Provenance

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

Inventory №

Гр-6563