Identification of the bearer: Pierfrancesco Malipiero, Venetian provveditore of Kythira (1565-1567)Historical Notice: Venetian patrician house, including a doge of Venice (15th c.), two dukes of Crete (16th c.), provveditori and captains of the several Ionian islands and various other officials. Depicted here is the coat-of-arms of the provveditore of Kythira Pierfrancesco Malipiero. Kythira was under Venetian rule from the early 13th century to 1797 (with brief intervals from 1269 to 1309 and from 1715 to 1719).Notes: Photo Kostis Kallivretakis, 2006Identification of the Coat-of-Arms: MalipieroΤαύτιση φορέα του οικόσημου Pierfrancesco Malipiero, Βενετός προνοητής Κυθήρων (1565-1567)Ιστορικό Σημείωμα: Οίκος Βενετών πατρικίων, που έδωσε μετ...