Grand Master Nicolas Cotoner

Nicolas Cotoner was the 61st Grand Master of the Order of St John between 1663 - 1680. His reign was marked by the usual naval expeditions against the Turks, and fearing a repeat of the Great Siege of 1565, he commissioned the talented engineer Count Valperga to build a series of defensive lines, known as the Cotonera lines.

Object type

Paintings

Date

Production (possible): 19th century

Subject(s)

Knights of Malta
Portraiture

Associated person

Subject: Nicolas Cotoner (1608 - 1680)

Dimensions

Height x width x depth (canvas size): 670 x 560mm

Materials and technique

Oil on canvas

Related place(s)

Malta

References

Barclay, Malcolm. "Nicolas Cotoner, Grand Master." VADS. Accessed October 25, 2024. https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/NIRP/id/30951

Credit line

Gift of Sir Algernon T. Tudor-Craig, 1933

Catalogue number

1757