Otho
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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. 40
Is mentioned in
- Hollstein Dutch & Flemish; 346-370
- Zeitz 2000; S. 85 ff.
Basic data
Date
1593/94
Material(s)/Technique
Kupferstich
Dimensions
348 x 237 mm
Inscriptions
oben: »M.SYLVIVS OTHO«
unten: »VIII./ad regnum ingressus fuit vt apertus Othoni/Per miseram facta proditione necem: /Hic idem fuit extremus regni exitus. Auli/Vi sibi cum gladijs adueniente super.//Suspector magni et quoniam fuit iste Neronis,/Nomine quem voluit saepe referre Nero,/Rettulit atque fuga: ac manibus tum denique mortem /Persimilem sibi et hic coscijt ipse suis./Ægisius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp.-Titianus inuentor«
Documented in
Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, 346-370
External resources
British Museum:
1878,0713.2651