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10 Euros Renaissance
| Issuer | Central Bank of Malta |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed engraving of the Sant'Anna Gran Carracca, the flagship carrack of the Order of St. John, shown sailing to the right upon stylised waves with full sails set and pennants flying from multiple masts. The ship's hull bears the Cross of the Order of St. John. The engraver's initials NQB appear in the lower left field. The denomination 10 EURO is inscribed in the exergue, while the circumferential legend reads SANT'ANNA · GRAN CARRACCA · ORDER OF ST. JOHN · 1522 - 1540. |
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| Reverse lettering | · SANT'ANNA · GRAN CARRACCA · ORDER OF ST. JOHN · 1522 - 1540 · 10 EURO |
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Malta's connection to Renaissance art is largely institutional — the Knights of St. John, who ruled the island from 1530, were aggressive patrons who brought Caravaggio himself to Valletta in 1607. He completed at least two major works there before fleeing after a violent altercation, making Malta an unlikely but genuine node in late-Renaissance painting history.