Augustus sacrificing
Maker
(artist)
1625-1713
(etcher)
1681-1752
1625-1713
(etcher)
1681-1752
Title
Augustus sacrificing
Date of Production
1738
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 57.4 cm
Width: 42 cm
Width: 42 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.901
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
Colonna collection
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: below the image, bottom centre, black ink: “Em,mo, et Rev.mo Principi Carolo S.R.E. Cardinali Columnae, // Augustum pace terra marique parta, et Ianuo clauso Diis litantem, a Carolo Maratta in tabula expressum, // quam in celeberrima Columnensium Aedium pinacotheca spectare est, Jacobus Frey eamdem a se delineatam, // ac aeri incisam, in humill. obsequii signum D.D.”; lower left corner, black ink: “Carolus Maratta Pinxit”; lower right corner, black ink: “Iac. Frey delin.et incid. Romae 1738.”.
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