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Seneca the Younger

Also known as: Seneca the Younger; primary name: Seneca; other name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Details: individual; academic/intellectual; Roman; Male
Life dates: 4 BC ?-65 AD
Biography: Philosopher and dramatist; advisor to Nero (q.v.). Brother of Gallio (q.v.). Accused of taking part in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, he was ordered to commit suicide, which he did by opening his veins and bleeding to death.

80 related objects

coin

Museum number: 2001,0206.9 |
Authority: BIOG110545 Ruler:Juan Carlos, King of Spain |
Production date: 1997 |
Production place: Issued in:Madrid (city)

drawing

Museum number: 1858,0626.146 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1600-1608

drawing; album

Museum number: 1920,0214.1.23 |
Producer name: BIOG52047 Drawn by:Marco Zoppo |
Production date: 1465-1474

drawing; album

Museum number: 1886,0104.3.29 |
Producer name: Attributed to the Circle of:Raffaello VanniAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1595-1673

drawing; album

Museum number: 1886,0104.3.27 |
Producer name: Attributed to the Circle of:Raffaello VanniAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1595-1673

drawing

Museum number: Oo,9.20.b |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1600-1608

drawing

Museum number: 1858,0626.147 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1600-1608

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1858,0724.2 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 Drawn by:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1592-1640

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.460 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.461 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.132 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.426 |
Producer name: BIOG81098 Factory of:Wedgwood & Bentley |
Production date: 1769-1780 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

medal

Museum number: M.296 |
Producer name: BIOG201596 Designed by:Antoine Morillon |
Production date: 1543 |
Production place: Made in:Netherlands

offset; drawing; album

Museum number: 1886,0104.3.12 |
Producer name: Attributed to the Circle of:Raffaello VanniAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1595-1673

print

Title: Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum |
Museum number: 1972,U.923.16 |
Producer name: BIOG41656 Print made by:François Perrier |
Production date: 1638

print

Title: Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum |
Museum number: 1972,U.923.15 |
Producer name: BIOG41656 Print made by:François Perrier |
Production date: 1638

print; drawing book

Title: Seneca Antique Greek and Roman Coins, Gems etc |
Museum number: 1858,0626.177 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Gerard van der Gucht |
Production date: 1740

print; drawing book

Title: Seneca Antique Greek and Roman Coins, Gems etc |
Museum number: 1858,0626.176 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Gerard van der Gucht |
Production date: 1740

print

Title: L. Annaeus Seneca |
Museum number: R,4.78 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Lucas Vorsterman I |
Production date: 1620

print; book-illustration

Museum number: R,4.76 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Cornelis Galle I |
Production date: 1615

print

Title: L. Aenneus Seneca |
Museum number: 1891,0414.1248 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 After:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1615-1675

print; title-page

Museum number: 1872,1012.5440 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor GalleAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1652 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.397 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor GalleAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1605 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; title-page

Title: L. Annaei Senecae philosophi effigies... |
Museum number: 1890,0415.208 |
Producer name: BIOG28546 Print made by:Léonard Gaultier |
Production date: 1606

print; title-page

Museum number: 1900,1231.388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philippus VelynPublished by:Jan Willem Steenbergen van Goor |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:Leeuwarden

print; title-page

Museum number: 1869,0410.2476 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17th century

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter SluyterAfter:Jan Goeree |
Production date: 1708 |
Production place: Published in:Leiden

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1920,1211.1667 |
Producer name: Print made by:L JoganAfter:Jean Démosthène Dugourc |
Production date: 1765-1880

print

Title: Lus Annaeus Seneca Philos Stoics |
Museum number: 1884,1213.30 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print

Title: Seneca |
Museum number: Mm,1.56 |
Producer name: BIOG22669 Print made by:Harriet Cheney |
Production date: 1799-1806

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0214.73 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1728

print; book-illustration; counterproof

Museum number: 1914,0214.139 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1727

print; book-illustration; counterproof

Museum number: 1914,0214.74 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1728

print; book-illustration

Title: Seneca |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1551 |
Producer name: BIOG155011 Print made by:John Chapman |
Production date: 1803

print

Title: L'Amour de la Verité |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1552 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

print

Title: Lucius Annæus Seneca Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men |
Museum number: 1841,0809.50 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Lucas Vorsterman I |
Production date: 1638

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1891,0414.1001 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Galle IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1615 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; bookplate

Title: Seneca |
Museum number: D,2.527 |
Producer name: BIOG32329 Print made by:Henry Hulsberg |
Production date: 1700-1729

print; ornament print

Title: Compartments after Battini |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1517 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Benedetto Battini |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; frontispiece

Title: L Annaei Senecae Philpsp[hi Effigies, in balneis, vt videtvr, animam exhalat |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1553 |
Producer name: BIOG28546 Print made by:Léonard Gaultier |
Production date: 1606

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1972,U.222 |
Producer name: AUTH233146 Published by:Giovanni Agostino da Borgo Franco |
Production date: 1536 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1976,0925.16.1-52 |
Producer name: BIOG198237 Published by:Christian Wechel |
Production date: 1544 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1230.230 |
Producer name: BIOG37366 Print made by:William Marshall |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.305 |
Producer name: BIOG37366 Print made by:William Marshall |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Death of Seneca |
Museum number: 1875,0710.172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon François Ravenet IAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1870,0709.28 |
Producer name: BIOG37366 Print made by:William Marshall |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1861,0209.185 |
Producer name: BIOG37366 Print made by:William Marshall |
Production date: 1645 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1897,1231.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter SluyterAfter:Jan Goeree |
Production date: 1708

print

Title: Seneca |
Museum number: Y,4.94 |
Producer name: BIOG22669 Print made by:Harriet Cheney |
Production date: 1799-1806

print

Title: The Death of Seneca |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1575 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon François Ravenet IAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1768

print

Museum number: U,4.147 |
Producer name: BIOG34650 Print made by:Lodovico Lana |
Production date: 1643

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0511.143 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gilles RousseletPrint made by:Abraham Bosse |
Production date: 1647

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1983,U.2850 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Galle IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1615 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: R,1b.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Galle IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1615 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; ornament print

Title: Compartments after Battini |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1518 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Benedetto Battini |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; ornament print

Title: Compartments after Battini |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1530 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Benedetto Battini |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1869,0410.1094 |
Producer name: BIOG22641 Print made by:François Chauveau |
Production date: 1659

print; ornament print

Title: Compartments after Battini |
Museum number: 1869,0410.1536 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter van der HeydenAfter:Benedetto Battini |
Production date: 1553 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print

Title: Friderici Roth-Scholtz |
Museum number: Bb,4.87 |
Producer name: BIOG27375 Print made by:D C C Fleischmann |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre AvelineAfter:Luca Giordano |
Production date: 1753

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1914,0214.138 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 Print made by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1727

print

Title: Seneca |
Museum number: Y,4.93 |
Producer name: BIOG22669 Print made by:Harriet Cheney |
Production date: 1799-1848

print

Title: Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Museum number: R,4.71 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Alexander Voet II |
Production date: 1650-1695

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.344 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensAfter:Lucas Vorsterman I |
Production date: 1879

print

Museum number: 1925,0116.13 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Theodorus van Kessel |
Production date: 1652-1660

print

Title: Pauline femme de Seneque Famous women of antiquity |
Museum number: 1922,0410.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas Bonnart IAfter:Robert Bonnart |
Production date: 1678-1700 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Museum number: 1841,0809.48 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Alexander Voet II |
Production date: 1650-1695

print

Museum number: R,1a.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Vorsterman IAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620

print; book-illustration

Title: L. Annaeus Seneca |
Museum number: R,4.77 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Cornelis Galle I |
Production date: 1615

print; title-page

Museum number: 1857,0314.12 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Theodoor Galle |
Production date: 1605 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; bookplate

Museum number: 1925,0314.32 |
Producer name: BIOG40220 Print made by:Charles Thrupp Nightingale |
Production date: 1923

print; book-illustration; album

Title: Hercule embrasé Cabinet Favereau |
Museum number: 1983,1001.12.27 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis BloemaertPrint made by:Theodor Matham |
Production date: 1635-1638

print; title-page

Museum number: 1877,1013.985 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jost AmmanPublished by:Hieronymus Feyerabend |
Production date: 1570 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print

Museum number: 1920,1211.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco NovelliAfter:Marco Zoppo |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Printed in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Licius Anneus Seneque |
Museum number: 1879,1213.294 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1584

print; book-illustration

Title: Ivo Schoeffer... |
Museum number: Bb,5.382 |
Producer name: BIOG241957 Published by:Johann Daniel Tauber |
Production date: 1726-1742 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print; title-page

Museum number: 1912,0401.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jost AmmanPublished by:Hieronymus Feyerabend |
Production date: 1571 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.270 |
Producer name: BIOG49343 Print made by:Frederick Hendrik Van Hove |
Production date: 1673 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1870,0709.94 |
Producer name: BIOG49343 Print made by:Frederick Hendrik Van Hove |
Production date: 1673 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
Museum number: 1896,0511.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the ElderAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1707-1721 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)