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Object Type
print
Museum number
1940,0511.105
Title
Object:
La bataille navale donnée près d'Agouste
Series:
Les grands conquêtes du Roi
Description
Naval engagement: the French fleet ordered by Mareschal de Vivonne to attack the combined Dutch and Spanish fleets off Agosto; coast of Sicily in background; in ornamental frame surmounted by octagonal vignette showing disposition of the opposing fleets. Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Sébastien Leclerc I
School/style
French
Production date
1686
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
436 millimetres
Width:
374 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
IFF / Inventaire du Fonds Français: Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes
(641)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
naval engagement
Associated names
Associated with:
Louis Victor de Rochechouar, Duc de Vivonne
Associated with:
Admiral Michiel de Ruyter
Associated with:
Louis-Abraham Duquesne-Mosnier
Associated events
Associated Event:
Battle of the Etna 1676
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Miss Rachel Leighton
Acquisition date
1940
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1940,0511.105