Regulus

Regulus
 1535
from the Stories of Roman History (1) series, 1535

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
11.5 × 7.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 77 (vol. 16, p. 109); Hollstein 129; Landau 85
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: REGVLVS / 15 GP (monogram) 35
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse c.l.: W·S· (Lugt 2650: W. Sharp)
inscribed in pen and brown ink on reverse l.r.: 49596
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.l.: D(...illeg.) of Regulus (erased)
inscribed in pencil on reverse l.r.: V(...illeg.) (erased)
stamped in purple ink on reverse c.l.: NATIONAL GALLERY / OF VICTORIA (in oval) (Lugt 1932g)
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.l.: B. 77
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.l.-l.c.: Georg Pencz 1500-1550
inscribed in pencil on small backing sheet l.r.: good.
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: WM Sharp Colln (n in superscript above . )
inscribed in pencil on larger backing sheet c.: RS 1593 (in a circle)
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: Early German / 1278/3 / 67
Accession Number
1278.587-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Human Figures Violence
Subjects (specific)
barrels (containers) deaths generals (officers) Regulus, Marcus Atilius statesmen torture device torturing warriors
Movements
Renaissance

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