print
- Museum number
- 1873,1213.285.1
- Description
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A Roman battle (Massacre of the Innocents?), a soldier to the right on a rearing horse has a spear in his left hand.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1570-1615
- Dimensions
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Height: 164 millimetres
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Width: 403 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is one of two prints that form a frieze Bartsch describes as a 'Triumph of Two Emperors' (with P&D 1873,1213.285.2). The imperial subject of this sheet is not altogether convincing and might be an imaginative blend of Roman history and the Massacre of the Innocents. The text in the cartouche below seems to allude to Albert II, 1397-1439, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1438-39), duke of Austria (1404-38). The plate is numbered '4' and the second sheet '5'. This suggests they were considered contiguous with Alberti's Rape of the Sabine frieze that has the same format, size and are numbered 1,2 and 3. For this frieze see P&D 1875,0808.559.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1873,1213.285.1
