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On the Narva Victory of Swedish army,
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Materials | |
Size | 52 мм |
Provenance | |
Inventory № | 251982 |
Obverse | Laureate bust of Charles XII r. wearing wig, cuirass and mantle; around, CAROLVS. XII. - D. G. REX. SVECIAE. |
Reverse | View of Narva battle*; around, MANIFESTO. NVMINE.**; in exergue, CASTRA. MOSCOR. AD./ NARV. CAPTA. XX./ NOV. MDCC. |
* Composition on the reverse corresponds with an engrave of unknown European engraver "Kurze Relation von der Belagerung und wieder Befreiung der Livländische Stadt Narva". ** Ver. Aen. XI, 232 - 233: Fatalem Aenean manifesto numine ferri admonet ira deum tumulique ante ora recentes. | |
Literature | Hildebrand 1874, d. I (s. 500, № 3); Пискунова 1950 (№ 6); Russian Victories 2009, 148 |
Vergil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Charles XII, Stakhovich Alexander Alexandrovich, Karlsteen Arvid, Charles XII (1697-1718), Ivangorod, Narva, Sweden, panoram of battle, troops, armour, horseman, cavalry, camp, Moscowite, wig, coat, laurel wreath, Aeneid, literary quotation, borrowing from an engraving, clouds, sun, snow, MANIFESTO NVMINE |
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF CAPTURING AND LIBERATION OF NARVA (1700) 1ST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY
Author | Unknown European engraver of the 1st half of 18th century |
Size | 380х275 |
Estate | лист обрезан |
Provenance | Collection of D.A. Rovinsky (St Petersburg), Rumyantsev museum (1898), Pushkin museum (1924) |
Inventory № | Гр-6249 |