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Domenico Mondo (Napoli 1732 - 1806)

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Domenico Mondo (Napoli 1732 - 1806)
Domenico Mondo (Napoli 1732 - 1806) "Il beato Stanisla Koska supplica la vergine perchè la vittoria arrida alle armi del principe Eugenio di Savoia che combatte a Zentha contro i turchi 1697" (descrizione originale a tergo). "Der selige Stasilaus Kostka erfleht von der Muttergottes für die Waffen des Prinzen Eugen von Savojen , der 1697 vor Zenta gegen die Türken kämpft, den Sieg" (Beatus Stasilaus Kostka beseeching the Mother of God to favour the Arms of Prince Eugene of Savoy, during the battle of Zenta against the Turks, 1697, insc. on reverse) bottom left w/ indistinct monogram, oil on canvas, 80 x 156 cm, w/ frame, (Wo).€ 20.000 - 30.000 US $ 19.800 - 29.700 After his childhood in Paris, Prince Eugene of Savoy (Paris 1663 - 1736 Vienna) was expected by his grandmother to join the priesthood, owing to his unattractiveness. When he declined to do so he was turned out of his home. Refused an officer's commission in the army of Louis XIV, he became his most dangerous enemy after he had been accepted into the military of Emperor Leopold I. Leading the imperial army, he won his first major victory against the Turks in 1697, at Zenta (Senta, then part of Hungary). Domenico Mondo era allievo di Francesco Solimena e autore di grandi tele chiesastiche e di soggetti allegorici-profani. Domenico Mondo was a student of Francesco Solimena in Naples and a painter of large-scale historical canvases. Leopold I. war against the Turk was also of vital interest to the Pope who showed his support in both monetary form and through church propaganda. The 17th century church erected on the present-day Piazza Venezia also commemorates the liberation of Vienna from the Turks in 1683.
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