Allegory of Rome
Allegory of Rome

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Allegory of Rome,

1586

Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-1292

Information

Title
Allegory of Rome
Dates

1586

Maker
Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed inside plate): 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-1292
Place Made

Europe, Netherlands, Haarlem

Signatures
At bottom left: HGoltzius inuenit sculpsit et diuulgauit Ao.1586 Harlemi
Inscription
Titled, upper center: Roma Latin distich below Roma, center: E'cinere et ... nobilis instar habet Eleven lines of Latin dedication to Rudolph II on pedestal, center: MEMORABILIA ALIQVOT ROMANAE .... Signed and dated in plate, lower left corner: HGoltzius inuenit sculpsit / et diuulgauit Ao. 1586. / Harlemi. Eight distichs in two columns in lower margin: Ecce gemelliparae sobolem ... licet ore, iubent. Signed, lower right corner: Franco Estius composuit
Marks/Labels/Seals
Inscribed in brown ink below plate, lower right: 150
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 94; Hollstein 161; New Hollstein 163
Culture
Dutch, European
Type
engravings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
engraving (printing process)
Subject
infants, lizards, wolves, figures (representations), heroes, angels, goddesses, keys (texts), allegories, men, coats of arms, lions, women, Roman mythology, nudes

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