print
- Museum number
- 1851,0208.143
- Description
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A Roman army on the march: Armourers; a frieze-like composition with procession of armourers walking or riding alongside a cart carrying armours, and going to the right. c.1542
Etching
- Production date
- 1540-1545
- Dimensions
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Height: 257 millimetres
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Width: 405 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- This etching relates to a section of the lower frieze adorning the north wall of the Camera degli Stucchi in the Palazzo Te in Mantua. Part of a set of eight plates, see 1851,0208.165 for comment. Copy drawings showing these armourers are in the Royal Collection (inv. 990488) and in the Louvre (inv. 3733). Jenkins 2017.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1851,0208.143