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Description: | Portrait of Claude de la Sengle, 48th Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1553-57. As a Bailiff of the Order he was involved in battles against the Turkish Corsair and Admiral Turgut Reis throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa, particularly in the struggle for Djerba and Tripoli. As Grand Master his concern was mainly to strengthen the Maltese defences; in 1554 he initiated the development of the city of Senglea, later named after him, expanded the Fort St Michael into a major bastion, and completed the works on the Fort of St Elmo started by his predecessor, Juan d'Homedes. This fort would later play a pivotal part in the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, so it could be said that he quite literally laid the foundations for the victory of his successor, Jean de la Valette. | Subjects: | portrait (Claude de la Sengle Grand Master) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Maltese School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8601... | Go to resource |
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