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Description: | volume (60.5 x 43 x 5 cms) inscr. b.l. "Dominicus de Rubeis Haeres Io. Iacobi formis Romae ad Templ.S.M.de Pace cum Priuil.Sum.Pont"; inscr. b.c. "IULIUS ALBERONUS ABBAS PLACENTINUS S.R.E.PRESBYTER CARDINALIS CREATUS ET PUBLICATUS A SSMO DNO RNO CLEMENTE PAPA XL IN CONSISTORIO SECRETO HABITO IN QUIRINALI PALATIO DIE XII IVLIJ MDCCXVII" CRE UNKNOWN; (Italian 18th century) PUB ROSSI, Domenico de; (Italian) This volume is part of William Hunter's original bequest. It contains 102 portraits, inserted onto 60 pages. 89 are of Grand Masters of the Order of St. John which was established in 1113 to care for the sick and took on a military role in the Crusades. This is one of 13 portraits of miscellaneous ecclesiastical, military and political leaders, scientists and poets scattered throughout the volume and reflects the fashion for collecting portraits of historical figures in 17th and 18th century Europe.
The Italian Cardinal Giulio Alberoni (1664-1752) moved up through ranks of responsibility, spending many years in Spain where he acted as Prime Minister from 1716-19. Alberoni's portrait was engraved as part of a series of portraits of Cardinals. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : VOLUME : : CLERIC : CARDINAL : HUNTER VOLUME : ORDER OF MALTA : MALTESE CROSS : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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