Capture of Mitava,
September 4 (15), 1705

Author	Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich
Materials	silver
Weight	38,93 гр
Size	45 мм
Provenance	From the collection of Alexander Stakhovich , 1983
Inventory №	251762

Obverse	PETRVS ALEXII FIL. D.G. RVSS. IMP. M. DVX MOSCOVIAE. Bust of Tsar Peter I facing right (M3) Signed: M (Muller)
Reverse	CVRAT CONTENDERE MARTE. VIRG.* City Goddess sitting left, in the background plan of fortress In exergue: MITTAVIVM EXPVG/ 4.SEPT.S.V.
	Verg. Aen, IX. 518-520: ...nec curat caeco contendere Marte amplius audaces Rutuli, sed pellere vallo missilibus certant.
Notes	Plan of fortress on the reverse reproduced engraving from "Book of Mars"

Literature	Zavorotnaya 1988 (№ 32); Shchukina 2006 (№ 54); Russian Victories 2009, 258
Keywords	Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Unknown engraver, Osherov Sergey Alexandrovich, Peter I, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Müller/ Miller/ Myller Philipp Heinrich, Peter I (1682-1725), Jelgava (Mitau), Moscovia, Russia, Personif of Mitava, armour, plan of fortress, sword, coat of arms of Sweden, three crowns, mantle, laurel wreath, Aeneid, literary quotation, chronogram, borrowing from an engraving, type of portrait by Mller (M 3), city crown, CVRAT CONTENDERE MARTE. VIRG.

PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF MITAVA CASTLE. SEPTEMBER 4, 1705.

Author	Unknown engraver of the St.Peterburg printing-office
Size	245x352, 210x290
Provenance	Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924)
Inventory №	Гр-6545