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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A child pulling a thorn from his foot, known as the 'spinario'.

Maker

(printmaker)
1533-1578

(publisher)
1512-1577

Title

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae. A child pulling a thorn from his foot, known as the 'spinario'.

Date of Production

1566 - 1575

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 29.6 cm
Width: 20.5 cm

Accession Number

B.1978.PG.102.53

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Parshall, Peter, 'Antonio Lafreri's Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae' in 'Print Quarterly', 2006 - pp. 3-28; XXIII (I)

ed. W. L. Strauss and T. Shimura, The Illustrated Bartsch, 52, Netherlandish Artists: Cornelis Cort, New York (Abaris Books) 1986; 52
cat. 151-1
Fig. p. p.175

Inscriptions

Inscription: Cornelis Cort fe.

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