Effigie naturali dei maggior prencipi et piu valorosi capitani di questa eta con l'arme loro
Giacomo Franco|Giacomo Franco
1596 · Book of engravings with printed dedication page (pages inlaid, modern cloth binding) · Drawings and Prints
This bound album contains a collection of portraits arranged in the following order: 1-7, European Sovereigns; 8, The Doge of Venice; 9-13, Princesof the House of Austria; 13-20, European Princes; 21-26, Christian Military Leaders; 27-35 Turkish and Eastern Sovereigns and military leaders. There are two additional portraits, which are not part of the original series (numbered in graphite 16A and 36). This page depicts the Persian king, Shah cAbbas I (r. 1588–1629), whose valor the Venetians greatly admired. The shah's ambassadors received a royal welcome in Venice and assured the city's merchants that they would always be welcome to trade in Persia.
- Artist
- Giacomo Franco|Giacomo Franco
- Date
- 1596
- Medium
- Book of engravings with printed dedication page (pages inlaid, modern cloth binding)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
