Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency, Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823, Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on rough grey paper, Horiztontal rectangle. A) In the center is an octagon with two victories crowning a panoply. Caption written above with pencil: Troffeo Romolo.' Laterally are rows of three hexagons. At left, top: the birth of Romulus and Remus. The mother sits with the twins on her lap and discourses with a warrior, caption: Nascita di Remo e Romolo. Center: Faustulus finds the twins. They are being nursed by a she-wolf.


Size: 6528px × 4373px
Location:
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -wolf, 1758–1823, aldini, birth, black, bottom, bring, brown, center, chalk, crowning, decorations, di, discourses, faustulus, felice, finds, giani, grey, hexagons, horiztontal, ink, italian, lap, laterally, left, montmorency, mother, nascita, numitor, nursed, octagon, panoply, paper, pen, pencil, reception, rectangle, remo, remus, river-god, romolo, romulus, room, rough, rows, sits, soldiers, tiber, top, troffeo, twins, victories, villa, warrior, wash, written