Lion with Jacovacci’s coat of arms
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Lion with Jacovacci’s coat of arms

Catalogue ID1.44
Object type drawing
Date[1655]
Collection Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Rome)
Tech. / supportblack ink, paper, pen
Subject25F23(LION) — beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion
25H1121 — mountain-top, peak
25H213 — river
46A122 — armorial bearing, heraldry

Landscape with a lion holding the coat of arms of the Jacovacci family. River or lake landscape with shallow mountains and hills, on the right a fortification. In this case the fortification is placed atop a rocky mountain. On the left, a boat ashore.

No musical work linked.

Guerrieri Borsoi, Maria Barbara. “La Decorazione Dei Manoscritti Di Domenico Jacovacci Nel Fondo Ottoboniano Latino Della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.” Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae, vol. XXII, 2015, pp. 373-431.

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