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Description: | The painting is of a type popular in the eighteenth century, after a series of engravings by Francesco Zimelli. It is almost certainly intended to show an array of uniforms used by the Order, rather than actual persons. As such, it may be assumed that the details of costume are all accurate and consistent in date, which can be determined by reference to the different services represented as 1789-1796. The second figure from the left is a sailing ship Captain, while his counterpart, second from the right, is a Captain of the Galleys. The first figure on the left may be a caravanist of the navy, as indicated by his yellow lapels, while the fourth from the left is likely to be a member of staff of the galleys. The figure in a blue coat on the extreme right, may be a Colonel of Artillery, while the figures in green belong to the regiment of the falconer, the figure on the right representing the Grand Falconer, whose function was to supervise hunting on the Island of Malta and breed falcons to give as gifts. Most of these uniforms were introduced as changes by Grand Master Pinto on 17 November 1864, when galley staff changed from a blue to a red coat. The Grand Master inspected the galley soldiers on that day, to see the new uniforms that they had been given as payment in kind. | Subjects: | figure (Dignitaries knights Order of St John) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Favray, Antoine de (French painter, 1706-ca.1791) Æ Attributed to school of After Zimelli, Francesco (Italian(?) artist, 1749 - 1803) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8605... | Go to resource |
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