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Marcus Valerius Corvus

Marcus Valerius Corvus
(c. 1590)
plate 6 from The Roman heroes series

Medium
engraving

Measurements
23.4 × 15.4 cm (image) 24.6 × 15.7 cm (plate) 25.6 × 16.6 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 169

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

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 6
printed in ink l.l.: Magnanimo Coruine tibi grato omine Coruus / Fert opem; atrox Gallus sanguine foedat humum.
printed in ink l.c.: Scilicet et Fortuna fauet prestantibus ausis, / Et tangunt magnos fortia facta Dcos.
printed in ink l.r.: 7

Accession Number
3383-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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