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Capture of Elbing,
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Author | |
Materials | |
Size | 45 мм |
Provenance | |
Inventory № | 251810 |
Obverse | PETRVS ALEXII FIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE. Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M1) Signed: M (Muller) |
Reverse | ELBINGA MARTIALI INDVSTRIA CAPTA River God reclining right, facing to the plan of fortress, leaning on vase with flowing water. Solder holding flaming grenade and scaling-ladder, moving left through water to the wall of the fortress In exergue: DIE X. FEBR./ S.V. |
Plan of fortress on reverse reproduced engraving from "Book of Mars" | |
Literature | |
Peter I, Piter Picart, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich, Peter I (1682-1725), Moscovia, Russia, Elbląg (Elbing), Pers elbing river, soldier, bomb, armour, plan of fortress, helmet, scaling-ladder, mantle, laurel wreath, chronogram, borrowing from an engraving, type of portrait by Mller (M 1), river, ELBINGA MARTIALI INDVSTRIA CAPTA |
PLAN OF ELBING FORTRESS,
1710
Engraved for the "Book of Mars"
Author | Piter Picart, studio |
Size | 647x827 |
Estate | на двух листах |
Provenance | Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924) |
Inventory № | Гр-59598 |