Book Title: Fasti ducales ab Anafesto I. ad Silvestrum Valerium Venetorum ducem cum eorum iconibus, insignibus, nummismatibus publicis, & privatis aere sculptis: inscriptionibus ex aula M. Consilii, ac sepulchralibus. Adiectae sunt adnotationes, ad vitam cuiusque principis, rerum, quae omissae fuerant; studio Ioannis Palatii ...

Author: Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?

Image Title: Portrait and Medals of Andrea Gritti

Description: A portrait of Venetian Doge Andrea Gritti (1455-1538), who reigned from 1523 to 1538. Before his dogeship, Gritti served as a general and led Venice to final victory over the League of Cambrai. His coat of arms is horizontally divided into two halves of contrasting colors; a small Latin cross stands atop the midline. Five different medals appear in this image, described from top to bottom: The topmost coin depicts Doge Gritti humbly accepting a banner from Saint Mark, who stands above him. The coin’s reverse depicts Jesus, raising his right hand in the pose of a blessing; he stands in the center of a Christogram, ICXC. The engraver or mintmaster’s monogram, F. V., has been placed at the bottom center. The second medal’s contains a large bust of the doge, and the image of Fortune, personified as a woman who holds a rudder and cornucopia and stand atop a globe, around which a three-headed serpent entwines itself. The circumscribing legend reads “Dei opt max ope.” The third medal resembles the first, differing mostly in its legend, which reads “Laus tibi soli” (“Praise only to you”). The fourth medal resembles the second, but its reverse portrays the Church of San Francesco della Vigna in Venice. The legend “Divi. Francisci. MDXXXIIII.” cites the year when foundation was laid for the church’s reconstruction. The final medal (bottom) depicts Doge Gritti standing with a banner in his hand and the lion of Saint Mark holding a book.

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