Terms and conditions of use
Tiberius Caesar - Roman Emperors
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
36.3 × 24.6 cm (image and plate) 37.4 × 25.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Printing/Publishing
published by Marcus Sadeler
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.: TIBERIVS CAESAR
printed in ink below image l.c.: III
printed in ink l.l.-l.c.: Iste foros ritus, et plus quam inimitia corda / Firmamenta sui qui ratus imperij est / Dedidicit quas vitali cum sanguine leges / Vel Natura dedit, vel sibi fecit Amor.
printed in ink l.c.-l.r.: Matrem, utque Uxorem, natosq3 (3 is subscript abbreviation for -que), nuringq3 (3 is subscript abbreviation for -que), nepotesq3 (3 is subscript abbreviation for -que) / Omnes fax habiut papula sacuitiae. / Odisse hic sese populum, ac sua facta probare / Nam voluit, laetum reddidit interitu.
printed in ink l.l.: Aegidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp.
printed in ink l.c.: Titianus inuentor.
printed in ink l.r.: Marcus Sadeler excud.
Accession Number
3091-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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