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Mucius Scaevola

Mucius Scaevola
(c. 1590)
plate 3 from The Roman heroes series

Medium
engraving

Measurements
23.6 × 15.4 cm (image) 24.9 × 15.2 cm (plate) 25.7 × 16.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 166

Printing/Publishing
published by Hans Jacops, Amsterdam, (c. 1590)

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 3
printed in ink l.l.: Errorem cædis pensat dum Mutius igne, / Vendicat Iliacos obsidiones lares.
printed in ink l.c.: Ciubus absumpta dedit hoc si Scæuola dextra, / Quæ Ioue non læsam restituente daret.
printed in ink l.r.: 4

Accession Number
3381-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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