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Janus closing the gates of War
(1690-1723)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
40.5 × 54.4 cm (image) 44.1 × 56.0 cm (plate) 44.6 × 56.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1925
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Rome, Italy
Printing/Publishing
published by Jakob Frey, Rome
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Carolus Marrattus Pinxit.
printed in ink l.c.: Cum Priuilegio Sum. Pont., et Regis Christ.mi Rome apud Iacobum Frey
printed in ink l.r.: R. V. Auden Aerd Sculp.
Accession Number
1684-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Another Work Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
deities gates keys (hardware) putti (children) reproductive prints Spring (allegorical character) Winter (allegorical character)
Movements
Baroque