Nero
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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. 38
Is mentioned in
- Hollstein Dutch & Flemish; 346-370
- Zeitz 2000; S. 80 f.
Basic data
Date
1593/94
Material(s)/Technique
Kupferstich
Dimensions
340 x 237 mm
Inscriptions
oben: »NERO CLAUDIVS CAESAR «
unten: »VI. Caesarea Nero progeniem stirpis vltima claudens/Nequitiae cumulum fecit, et ille modum./Igne solum patrium, ferroque abolere parentem,/Et genus omne suum, se quoque nixus erat.//Segnitie euicta potuit se perdere tandem,/Et matrem, quibus et vita adimenda fuit:/At patriam haud potuit, matremque ex ignibus eius/Hic nouus Æneas sustulit ante suam./Ægidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp.-Titianus Inuentor-Marcus Sadeler exc.«
Documented in
Hollstein Dutch & Flemish 346-370
External resources
British Museum:
1878,0713.2649