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Object Type
Museum number: 1917,1208.783
Description: The discovery of Publius Clodius who had disguised himself as a woman in order to assault Pompeia, the wife of Julius Caesar; his clothing as a harpist is being torn off him by enraged women in a Roman interior; after Conca. 1747 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Paolo Pilaia; After: Sebastiano Conca; Published by: Jacob Frey
School/style
Production date: 1747
Production place: Published in: Rome (city)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 450 millimetres; Width: 582 millimetres (platemark)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The painting is not recorded in the 1981 Conca exhibition catalogue.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name: Donated by: Nan Ino Cooper, Baroness Lucas of Crudwell and Lady Dingwall; In Memory of: Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas of Crudwell and 5th Lord Dingwall
Acquisition date: 1917
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1917,1208.783

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