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Decursio: Nero mounted for attack with two footsoldiers,
early 16th century
Anonymous Italian 16th century
x1946-85
Information
Title
Decursio: Nero mounted for attack with two footsoldiers
Dates
early 16th century
Maker
Anonymous Italian 16th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink
Dimensions
sheet: 18.4 x 14.2 cm (7 1/4 x 5 9/16 in.)
mount: 23.4 x 19.8 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1946-85
Inscription
lower center: DE CVRSIO
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamped[?] in black, lower left: rectilinear area containing a figure[?] and “Dr[?]….L.P.”
Culture
Type
Materials
Count G. Strogonoff (Lugt 550) lower left verso; L. Pollak (Lugt supp. 788b) lower right; gift of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., but not stamped with his mark
- Henry Cohen, Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire romain communément appelées médailles impériales, (Paris: Rollin & Feuardent, 1880-92)., Vol. 1: p. 285-86, Nero no. 93
- Anna Maria Tamassia, "Visioni di antichità nell'opera del Mantegna", Rendiconti 28 (1955/56): p. 213-249., p. 219, 233; fig. 3, 10
- Felton Gibbons, Catalogue of Italian Drawings in The Art Museum, Princeton University, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1977)., Vol. 1: p. 198, no. 637 (illustrated in Vol. 2 under the same catalog number)
