Madonna della Vittoria - a bozzetto

Details

Jacopo Amigoni (Venice 1675-1752 Madrid)
Madonna della Vittoria - a bozzetto
oil on canvas
9 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. (23.2 x 18.4 cm.)

Provenance

with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1962.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dott. Annalisa Scarpa for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.

It has been suggested that the commander portrayed is Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747), appointed Field Marshal and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the Venetian Republic in 1715. His defense of Corfu against the Turks in 1715-1716 made him a hero to the Venetians, who erected a statue in his honor and granted him a life pension.

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