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Object Type
print
Museum number
1853,0611.217
Description
Scipio granting clemency to the prisoners, he is seated at left being crowned by an angel bearing a garland Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Battista Franco
School/style
Italian
Production date
1530-1561
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
261 millimetres
Width:
380 millimetres
Curator's comments
This is the first state with that has been worked with the graver but before lettering for which see 1856,0712.1039 and 1862,0712.567 respectively. Bartsch suggests it is after Giulio Romano.
Bibliographic references
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(XVI.136.54)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ancient history
Associated names
Representation of:
Scipio Africanus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry James Brooke
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(23.v.1853/306)
Purchased through:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1853
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1853,0611.217