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Description: | volume (60.5 x 43 x 5 cms) inscr. t.c. "JEAN DE ST BONNET TOYRA Gouverneur et Lieutens pr le Roy du Peys d'Ausius Isle de Re et Villes de la Rochelle et d'Amboyse"; inscr. in oval frame "ENSE A DIIS NOTO BRITANNOS NECAT" CRE UNKNOWN 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 print 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 French count Jean Caylar Anduze de Saint-Bonnet (1585-1636) received the high honour of Marshal of France in 1630 for his military achievements against the Huguenots. | 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 : : MALTA : KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF ST JOHN : 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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