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Plate 4 of 'Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia'

Maker

(artist)
1615-1700



(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)

Title

Plate 4 of 'Admiranda Romanorum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia'

Date of Production

1693

Medium

etching on paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.7 cm
Height: 31.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.24.4

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









god & shield














god & shield










Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: MERCVRIVS dat Paridi aureum Discordi[a]e pomum, ut de forma contendentibus Dea / bus, Pallade, Iunone, ac Venere, pulchriori donet. Hinc Troi[a]e, Asi[a]eq. incendia. //

Inscription: HECTOR Achillis prostratus uelocibus equis raptatur circa Troi[a]e muros, sic religatis / pedibus incurru, ut extra dimisso pectore, caput in poluere trahatur. TROADES / Hecuba mater, Andromache coniux palmas tendunt, ac questus fundunt. //

Inscription: Acre Pr[o]elium circa Patrocli cadauer ab Hectore interempti ut adiuuante Minerva eripe / rent Gr[a]eci, et iusta soluerent ad naues, Troiani uero ut ad urben traherent uictori[a]e troph[o]eu. //

Inscription: Ad parentandum Patroclo Boues immolandos, et equos ad cursum, et funebres ludos / solemni pompa ducunt Sacrorum Ministri. //

Inscription: ACHILLES acceptis a matre Thetide armis, Vulcani manu elaboratis armatus in cur / ru aduersusTroes insurgit, ut de morte Patrocli p[o]enas sumat, eiusq. Manibus Hectorem immolet. //

Inscription: Sacerdotes de more uelati uictimam prosequuntur. Victimarius Tibicen longam funere / am tibiam inflat. //

Inscription: 4 //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: 980/41(29) //

Inscription: P. S. BARTOLI //

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