print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1914,0214.47
Description: The banquet given by Romulus for the gods; in the upper part, the banquet, set in heavens, with Romulus standing before Jupiter and interceding for his successors, who are standing below: Caesar, Augustus, Trajan and Marcus Aurelius at right, and Constantine at left; Hercules is seated at left, opposite Romulus, and is pointing at Alexander the Great, who is listening to Caesar with an irritated look upon his face; illustration (frontispiece?) to 'Les Césars de l'Empereur Julien, traduits du grec par feu M. le baron de Spanheim' (Amsterdam: François L'Honoré, 1728). 1727 Etching and engraving
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Production date: 1727
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Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 243 millimetres; Width: 174 millimetres
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: feast/banquet; classical deity
Associated names: Illustration to: Julian (the Apostate); Representation of: Olympian Gods; Representation of: Julius Caesar; Representation of: Augustus (Octavian); Representation of: Trajan; Representation of: Marcus Aurelius; Representation of: Constantine the Great; Representation of: Alexander the Great; Representation of: Romulus
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Acquisition date: 1914
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1914,0214.47

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