IND86694 The Naval Battle of Lepanto, waged by Don John of Austria (1547-78) in 1571, 1887 (for detail see 86695) by Luna y Novicio, Juan (1857-1900); Palacio del Senado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. Holy League Coalition: Pope Pius V; Admiral John of Austria, Philip II of Spain and the Venetian Republic. Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-73). Juan Luna was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists); Index Fototeca.