Nero, Balthasar Sigmund Setletzky, After Johann Esaiah Nilson, 1731 - 1771 print On the right in a rocaille frame is Keizer Nero. He points to the performance in the background where a young man cuts the veins in the feet of the blindfolded Seneca. At the top left of the frame is a female personification of caution with snake and mirror. Twice a four -line German and Latin text in the lower margin. Publishing number 22. Augsburg paper etching / engraving (story of) Nero, the Roman Emperor. death of Seneca: at Nero's order he cuts his veins, usually sitting in a basin or bath of water, and then
Nero, Balthasar Sigmund Setletzky, After Johann Esaiah Nilson, 1731 - 1771 print On the right in a rocaille frame is Keizer Nero. He points to the performance in the background where a young man cuts the veins in the feet of the blindfolded Seneca. At the top left of the frame is a female personification of caution with snake and mirror. Twice a four -line German and Latin text in the lower margin. Publishing number 22. Augsburg paper etching / engraving (story of) Nero, the Roman Emperor. death of Seneca: at Nero's order he cuts his veins, usually sitting in a basin or bath of water, and then takes a dose of poison. Prudence, 'Prudentia'; 'Prudenza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
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