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    Fra Alof de Wignacourt (1547 – 14 September 1622) was a French nobleman who was the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 10 February...
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    Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris. Alof de Wignacourt joined...
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    including Bontadino de Bontadini, Giovanni Attard and Natale Tomasucci. The aqueduct was named after Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, who partially financed...
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    funds for the building of Garzes Tower on Gozo. Garzes' successor, Alof de Wignacourt, set out to build a series of towers around the coastline, which were...
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  • from 1690 to 1697 Alof de Wignacourt (1547–1622), Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1601 to 1622 Maximilien de Wignacourt (1560–1620), Baroque...
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    Dingli and Rabat to the Maltese capital Valletta. It was named after Alof de Wignacourt, the Grand Master of the Order of St. John, who partially financed...
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  • Garzez's successor, Alof de Wignacourt, set out to build a series of towers around the coastline. The first of these, called Wignacourt Tower after the Grand...
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    fleurs-de-lis appeared in the personal coat of arms of Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt who ruled the Malta between 1601 and 1622. His nephew Adrien de Wignacourt...
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    de Wignacourt (1618 – 4 February 1697) was the 63rd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 1690 to 1697. He was the nephew of Fra Alof de...
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    patronage of Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Knights of Saint John, could help him secure a pardon for Tomassoni's death. Wignacourt was so impressed...
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    role in constructing the aqueduct was commemorated by Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt by several inscriptions on fountains and other parts of the aqueduct...
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    Baptist from Naples to the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, Fra Alof de Wignacourt, in the hope of regaining favour after having been expelled from the...
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    Grandmaster of the Order on 17 September 1622, after the death of Alof de Wignacourt. He was the first Portuguese Grandmaster since Afonso of Portugal...
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    Fleur-de-Lys is about 2200 people and the area is very small. Fleur-de-Lys' origins date back to the early 17th century. In 1610, Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt...
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  • John's Co-Cathedral 117 × 157 cm Oil on canvas 1608: Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page Paris, Musée du Louvre 195 × 134 cm Oil on canvas 1608:...
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    for Fra Francesco dell'Antella, Florentine Secretary for Italy to Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, and an old inscription on the...
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    Street) Triq il-Knisja (Church Street) Triq it-Torri ta' Alof de Wignacourt (Alof de Wignacourt Tower Street). This road refers to the Santa Maria delle...
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    was consecrated in 2005. In 1610, Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt financed the building of the Wignacourt Aqueduct to transport water from springs in Rabat...
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    Chaplains of the Order of St. John, and it is named after Grand Master Alof de Wignacourt, who ruled over the Maltese Islands between 1601 and 1622. The museum...
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    Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori. Florence, Italy: Lorenzo Torrentino. Boudin de l'Arche, Gerard (2017). A la recherche de Monna...
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    The Venus de Milo or Aphrodite of Melos is an ancient Greek marble sculpture that was created during the Hellenistic period. Its exact dating is uncertain...
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    Grand Masters like Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Claude de la Sengle, Jean Parisot de Valette, and Alof de Wignacourt. In 1666, a project for the main...
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    2020-10-25. Retrieved 2020-02-12. Caravaggio en de St.Paulus (in Dutch) Olivier Morand, Le Finson de Toulouse, 2019 "Painting thought to be Caravaggio...
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    and can be finished in approximately 30 days. In 1602, Grandmaster Alof de Wignacourt provided instructions of safe passage (a credencial) to Don Juan Benegas...
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  • works from this period include such masterpieces as the Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page and The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. The latter...
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    image that Caravaggio was said to have sent in an effort to appease Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Knights who expelled Caravaggio, but this is...
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    Alof de Wignacourt and his page, by Caravaggio, c. 1608....
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    The New York Times. Caliari, Paolo (January 2008). "Returning "Les noces de Cana"". Factum Arte. Archived from the original on 8 Jan 2020. Wikimedia Commons...
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    though it was eventually built after his death during the Magistry of Alof de Wignacourt. The tower was demolished in the 19th century, some remains were reused...
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    referred to in the contract as "Master". Ambrogio de Predis was also a painter. It is presumed that Evangelista de Predis was a gilder and assisted in preparing...
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