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Object type
Sculpture
Date
Production: 1565 - 1568
Sculptor
Giovanni Bandini (1540 - 1599)
Subject(s)
Arms and Armour
Knights of Malta
Portraiture
War
Associated person
Subject: Jean de la Valette (1495 - 1568)
Associated activity
Commemoration
Siege
Associated event
Siege: Great Siege of Malta, 1565 (18 May 1565 - 8 September 1565)
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 230 x 150 x 80mm
Materials and technique
Silver and bronze, gilded
Production place
Italy
Related place(s)
Italy
References
Deles, Przemysław and Przemysław Mrozowski ed. The Orders of St. John and their Ties with Polish Territories. Aex Redia Publishing House of the Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum, 2014.
Pages 32 - 33

Magro Conti, Emmanuel, and Godwin Vella eds. 1565: The Great Siege of Malta Exhibition. Heritage Malta and Malta Libraries, 2015.
Page 117

Warren, Jeremy. "A Grand Master in miniature: Giovanni Bandini’s bust of Jean de Valette." Burlington Magazine, 160, March 2018: 196–205.

Foakes, Tom, ed. Treasures: Faith, Care, Valour: Highlights from the Collection of the Museum of the Order of St John. Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, 2019.
Pages 152 - 157
Exhibition history
1565 - The Great Siege of Malta, Heritage Malta, 5 September 2015-6 December 2015
Credit line
Purchase with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund, the V&A Purchase Fund, the Pilgrim Trust, the Headley Trust, the Linbury Trust and Katz Ltd, 2011
Catalogue number
4000
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