Original Engraving, Unsigned, Engraved By Franck For A Collection Of Portraits. Part Of A Large Collection Of Original Antique Engravings Formed By A Southern California Artist In The Early To Middle Twentieth Century. Each Plate Has Small Glue Marks On Reverse Where They Were Tipped In To An Album. Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 ? 16 January 1694) Was The Doge Of Venice From 1688 To 1694, At The Height Of The Great Turkish War. He Was A Member Of A Famous Noble Venetian Family (The Morosini Family) Which Produced Several Doges And Generals. In 1685, At The Outbreak Of The Morean War, Morosini Took Command Of A Fleet Against The Ottomans. Over The Next Several Years, He Captured The Morea With The Help Of Otto Wilhelm K�nigsmarck, As Well As Lefkada And Parts Of Western Greece. He Also Briefly Captured Athens But Was Unable To Hold It, And Attempted A Failed Siege Of The Former Venetian Fortress Of Negroponte. His Fame Reached Such Heights That He Was Given The Victory Title Peloponnesiacus, And Was The First Venetian Citizen To Have A Bronze Bust Placed During His Own Lifetime In The Great Hall. During The Siege Of Athens In 1687 , The Parthenon Was Used As A Powder Magazine By The Ottomans When On September 26, 1687, Morosini's Cannon Scored A Direct Hit On The Edifice. An Attach� Of The Swedish Field Commander General Otto Wilhelm K�nigsmarck Wrote Later: "How It Dismayed His Excellency To Destroy The Beautiful Temple Which Had Existed Three Thousand Years!". By Contrast Morosini, Who Was The Commander In Chief Of The Operation, Described It In His Report To The Venetian Government As A "Fortunate Shot". When He Conquered The Acropolis In Early 1688, Morosini Tried To Loot Athena's And Poseidon's Horses And Chariots From The West Pediment Of The Parthenon But The Sculptures Fell On The Ground And Smashed. This Was The First Documented Attempt To Remove Sculptures From The Pediments. Morosini Also Looted From The Port Of Piraeus The Famous Piraeus Lion Which Is On Display At The Venetian Arsenal. In The Summer Of 1688 Morosini, Now Having Been Proclaimed Doge Of Venice, Attacked Negropont, But Was Unable To Capture It, And Was Forced To Return To Venice When Plague Broke Out Among His Troops. He Embarked On A Final Campaign In 1693, But Was Again Unsuccessful In Taking Negropont, And Returned To Venice After Sacking Some Minor Coastal Towns. After His Death In 1694, A Large Marble Arch Was Placed In His Honor At The Doge's Palace.

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[The Man Who Blew Up The Parthenon:] Fr. [Francesco] Morosini, Capitan Generale Della Serms. Rep Di Venetia Cau, E Procuratore D. San Marco ( Original Antique Engraving From Historia Di Leopoldo Cesare, Continente Le Cose Piu Memorabili Successe In Europa, Dal 1656 Fino Al 1670.

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Giovanni. Battista Hacque/ Hacque, Johann Baptist, [Circa 1670-1674]

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1670

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Italienisch

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No Binding

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1st Edition

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Very Good

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