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Plate 5 of 'Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatum ac Veteris Sculpturae Vestigia': Urbis Romae Primordia

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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 //

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