Allegorical title page with several links to the city of Rome Title page for S Pitiscus, Lexicon Antiquitatum Romanarum, 1737 An allegorical female figure grieve amidst the various Roman antiqiuteiten and weaponry. At her feet is a crown and a sheaf of arrows. In the foreground the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus. In the background a niche with statues and busts of Roman emperors and generals. A soldier pushes a drapery Where: the title Latin opzij. Manufacturer : printmaker: Matthijs Pool (listed property) to drawing: Arnold Houbraken (listed building) publisher: Pierre Gosse (listed property
Allegorical title page with several links to the city of Rome Title page for S Pitiscus, Lexicon Antiquitatum Romanarum, 1737 An allegorical female figure grieve amidst the various Roman antiqiuteiten and weaponry. At her feet is a crown and a sheaf of arrows. In the foreground the she-wolf with Romulus and Remus. In the background a niche with statues and busts of Roman emperors and generals. A soldier pushes a drapery Where: the title Latin opzij. Manufacturer : printmaker: Matthijs Pool (listed property) to drawing: Arnold Houbraken (listed building) publisher: Pierre Gosse (listed property) Place manufacture: printmaker: Amsterdam Publisher: the Hague Date: 1737 Physical features: engra and etching material: paper Technique: engra (printing process) / etch dimensions: sheet: h 337 mm × W 221 mmToelichtingPrent used as the title page: Pitiscus, Samuel. Lexicon antiqvitatvm Romanarvm Part II. The Hague: Pierre Gosse, 1737. Subject: cities represented allegorically or symbolically: Rome - city-crown (+ allegorical city with figures, staffage) Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; "Lupa Romana'weaponssculpturemedal (Considered as a piece of sculpture, regard less of its specific function) ram's head ~ ornament rome where
Size: 1275px × 1959px
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