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AFTER GIULIO ROMANO. ROMULUS AND REMUS

Romulus and Remus. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?-1546 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in. (10.9 × 14.6 cm), cut within image at sides. Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Series/Portfolio: From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua; see New Hollstein 1182-1187.. Date: 1652.
Romulus and Remus suckling milk from a wolf, standing to right with its right hind leg on a rock. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua.
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Title:
ROMULUS AND REMUS
Caption:
Romulus and Remus. Artist: After Giulio Romano (Italian, Rome 1499?-1546 Mantua). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 5 3/4 in. (10.9 × 14.6 cm), cut within image at sides. Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607-1677 London). Series/Portfolio: From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua; see New Hollstein 1182-1187.. Date: 1652. Romulus and Remus suckling milk from a wolf, standing to right with its right hind leg on a rock. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua.
Technique/material:
Etching; only state
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3869 x 2928 px | 32.4 MB
Print size:
32.8 x 24.8 cm | 12.9 x 9.8 in (300 dpi)