Plate 5 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Urbis Romae Primordia
Maker
(artist)
1615-1700
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
1615-1700
(publisher)
active 1627-1640 (Life dates)
Title
Plate 5 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Urbis Romae Primordia
Date of Production
1693
Medium
etching on paper
Dimensions
Height: 34.8 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.24.5
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: VRBIS ROMAE PRIMORDIA //
Inscription: MARS RHEAM SYLVIAM Regis Numitoris filiam Vestalem ad ripam TYBERIS dormiente / aggreditur, eius forma potiturus; ex cuius concubitu Romulus, et Remus, atque origo Roman[a]e gentis. // //
Inscription: A Marte compressa SYLVIA geminum partum edit Romulum, et Remum, quos in proflu / entes TYBRIDIS aquas AMVLIVS, ob metum sibi uindicati Regni, mitti iubet. //
Inscription: AMVLII iussu ad ripas Fluvij effusi lenibus stagnis pueri a Regijs ministris exponuntur. //
Inscription: Fama tenet LVPAM sitientem ad puerilem uagitum cursum flexisse, ac mitem infantibus pre / buisse mammas, quos Regij pecoris magister Faustulus admiratus Laurenti[a]e uxori dedit educandos // //
Inscription: 5 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: 980/63(22) //
Inscription: P.S. BARTOLI //
Inscription: MARS RHEAM SYLVIAM Regis Numitoris filiam Vestalem ad ripam TYBERIS dormiente / aggreditur, eius forma potiturus; ex cuius concubitu Romulus, et Remus, atque origo Roman[a]e gentis. // //
Inscription: A Marte compressa SYLVIA geminum partum edit Romulum, et Remum, quos in proflu / entes TYBRIDIS aquas AMVLIVS, ob metum sibi uindicati Regni, mitti iubet. //
Inscription: AMVLII iussu ad ripas Fluvij effusi lenibus stagnis pueri a Regijs ministris exponuntur. //
Inscription: Fama tenet LVPAM sitientem ad puerilem uagitum cursum flexisse, ac mitem infantibus pre / buisse mammas, quos Regij pecoris magister Faustulus admiratus Laurenti[a]e uxori dedit educandos // //
Inscription: 5 //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: 980/63(22) //
Inscription: P.S. BARTOLI //
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