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Calphurnius

Calphurnius
 (c. 1590)
plate 8 from The Roman heroes series

Medium
engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
23.5 × 15.5 cm (image) 24.9 × 15.9 cm (plate) 26.0 × 17.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 171
Printing/Publishing
published by Hans Jacops, Amsterdam, (c. 1590)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 8
printed in ink l.l.: Calphurni virtute locis ereptus iniquis, / Expes Attilius læta trophæa tulit.
printed in ink l.c.: Hæc laus summa virûm est, hæc sydera summa meretur. / A patria damno pellere damna suo. F Estius
printed in ink l.r.: 9
Accession Number
3385-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927
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Gallery location
Not on display

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