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Description: | Portrait of Ramon Perellos y Roccaful, Grand Master of the Order of St John, 1697-1720. During his reign the coastal defences of Malta were stiffened by the construction of batteries, redoubts, and entrenchments, while his monument in St John, Valletta, is renowned as one of the finest interpretations of the Baroque style in Malta. He also collected an exceptional set of Gobelin tapestries depicting African jungle scenes, designed and woven for Louis XIV under the direction of Charles Le Brun. He became Commissario del Monte della Redentione, 1692; Bailiff of Negroponte 1692-97; and Grand Master 1697-1720. He was also responsible for expanding the Order's navy with vessels of the larger class of warship, building at his own expense the St Raymond and a further three ships of the same type paid for by the treasury. On their first cruise under the command of St Pierre, they captured a Tunisian flag ship of eighty guns, which was adopted into the Order's navy as the Santa Croce. | Subjects: | portrait (Ramon Perellos y Roccaful Grand Master) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Maltese School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8602... | Go to resource |
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