Tuscus
Print
c. 1590 (made)
c. 1590 (made)
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'Tuscus'; A horse (stallion), viewed from the front at a slight angle, rearing up. Against a background of a walled city surrounded by mountains; Beneath the image: 'TUSCUS equus commendatur Tuscus ego, salioque libens, pedibuque duobus / Insifto, uultum ostentans, generosaq terga'; Numbered '12' in the centre at the bottom of the image and in the lower-right corner of the impression; Numbered by hand, in ink, at the top-right corner of the sheet, '192'.
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Title | Tuscus |
Materials and techniques | intaglio print on laid paper |
Brief description | 'Tuscus'; A horse (stallion), viewed from the front at a slight angle, rearing up. Against a background of a walled city surrounded by mountains; With a testament about the horse written below the image; Intaglio print on laid paper after Antonio Tempesta. Italy, circa 1590. |
Physical description | 'Tuscus'; A horse (stallion), viewed from the front at a slight angle, rearing up. Against a background of a walled city surrounded by mountains; Beneath the image: 'TUSCUS equus commendatur Tuscus ego, salioque libens, pedibuque duobus / Insifto, uultum ostentans, generosaq terga'; Numbered '12' in the centre at the bottom of the image and in the lower-right corner of the impression; Numbered by hand, in ink, at the top-right corner of the sheet, '192'. |
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Accession number | 29638:5 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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