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Two Senators speaking to the Vanquished Kings

Print
1640-60 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate 6.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Two Senators speaking to the Vanquished Kings (generic title)
  • Two senators addressing Barbarian commanders in chains (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi. Plate 6 from a series of 6 prints derived from frescoes on the façade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome by Polidoro da Caravaggio.
Physical description
Plate 6.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 11.7cm
  • Plate mark height: 13.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on a plinth at the lower centre: 'POLIDORO. INVEN. / Gio: Batta Galestruzzi f.'. Further to the right is the number '6'.
Bibliographic reference
Bellini, Paolo, ed. The Illustrated Bartsch, 46. Italian masters of the seveneenth century, Virgil Solis. New York: Abaris Books, 1985, No. 008.
Collection
Accession number
E.7537-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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