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Title plate to the series "Roman Emperors on Horseback": 22.I.8-182

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Title plate to the series "Roman Emperors on Horseback"
Roman Emperors on Horseback

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Collaert, Adriaen
Publisher: Galle, Philips
Draughtsman: Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Personification of the river Tiber with the wolf feeding Romulus and Remus; in the background Troy burning and Aeneas fleeing with his father; at upper centre an eagle; in niche at left Venus, at right Mars; at bottom centre a medallion with the portrait of Johannes Stradanus.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

16th Century
Circa 1587 - Circa 1589

Note

State I/II

School or Style

Dutch/Flemish

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: 22.I.8-182
Primary reference Number: 142732
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 1178 (Collaert)
New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): 308 (Straet)
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 May 2013 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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