Portrait and Medals of Antonio Priuli
Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?
Image Title: Portrait and Medals of Antonio Priuli
Scripture Reference:
- Genesis 16 (further images / scripture text)
- Romans 8 (further images / scripture text)
- Tobit 13 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Antonio Priuli (1548-1623), who reigned from 1618 to 1623. His coat of arms is divided horizontally into halves, and the bottom half contains a pattern of vertical stripes. The two coin faces at the top left are of the 1621 osella. The obverse (top) depicts Doge Priuli humbly accepting the Venetian Republic’s banner from Saint Mark. The mintmaster, Carlo Dona, has his initials placed at the bottom center. The reverse (below) depicts the Doge receiving the ducal bonnet from the Saint, while peering up to heaven, where the Annunciation takes place. The two coin faces at the top right are of the 1618 osella; the only difference from the 1621 edition is that mintmaster Tommaso Bragadin has his initials at the bottom of the obverse. The leftmost coin face of the third row shows Saint Peter holding the keys of heaven. The circumscribing legend comes from scripture: “Et tvrres Hiervsalem gemmis aedificabvntvr.” The rightmost coin face of the third row bears a legend “Templvm catedrale pietate Ioannis Thevp. Patriarch Ven. instavratvm. An. 1621. Greg. XV. Max. Anton. Prio. D. Ven.” The inscription commemorates the completed reconstruction of the façade of San Pietro di Castello, the see of Venice’s Patriarch Giovanni Tiepolo The fourth row’s leftmost coin face, the reverse of the 1623 osella, depicts Jesus holding a banner in his left hand and performing a benediction with his right, accompanied by the lion of Saint Mark, which paws an open book. The legend quotes scripture, reading “Si Devs pro nobis qvis contra nos.” On the center coin face of the same row, a nimbate woman representing religion stands with a cross in her left hand. The legend around reads “Meliora svpersvnt” (“Better things remain.”). The coin face at the very bottom right duplicates the 1623 reverse, except for the legend, which reads “Omnia Deo et patriae”.
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