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print
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book-illustration
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
Producer name
Print made by:
Bernard Picart
School/style
French
Production date
1727
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
243 millimetres
Width:
174 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dimier 1928 / Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle, histoire des vies et catalogue des oeuvres
(568-572)
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
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Les Césars de l'Empereur Julien, traduits du grec par feu M. le baron de Spanheim
(1728)
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Craddock & Barnard
Acquisition date
1914
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1914,0214.47