Caligula
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Is part of
- Sadeler: Die zwölf römischen Imperatoren (nach Tizian) Printmaking
Literature
Information are drawn from
- Chiari 1982; S. 70, Kat.-Nr. 36
Is mentioned in
- Zeitz 2000; S. 75-78
Basic data
Date
1593/94
Material(s)/Technique
Kupferstich
Dimensions
355 x 238 mm
Inscriptions
oben: »C.CAESAR CALIGVLA«
unten: »Laetitiam picto poteris cognoscere vultu/Vrbi olim quanta hoc regnum ineunte fuit./Venit ad imperium multo fumantibus aris/Sanguine, et inumera per fora caede boum.// Prinicipo haud melior quisquam quo denique peior/Nemo fuit, cecidit cum sibi gentis amor./Vnam Romani te, qui truncare cupisit/Ceruicem populi, factio caedit ouans/Ægidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp.-Titianus inuentor«
Documented in
Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, Bd. XXI, Nr. 346-370
External resources
British Museum:
1878,0713.2647