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Lupae Romulum et Remum urbis conditiones la ctantis antiquum ac aeneum in Capitolio signum, She-wolf with Romulus and Remus, Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae, print, album page, Sculpture of a she-wolf, the Lupa Capitolina, depicting the twins Romulus and Remus suckles. Title in Latin in bottom margin, number: '77.', inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 363., End lib. No. 21. fol. 153.', printmaker: attributed to Nicolas Beatrizet, Italy, publisher: Antonio Lafreri, Rome, 1552, Attributed to, paper, engraving, gravure, height 375 mm x width 268 mm, This print belongs to the print corpus known as the 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae' ('Mirror of Roman Splendor'). This corpus, consisting of prints depicting artworks and buildings from ancient and modern Rome, originated with publishers Antonio Salamanca and Antonio Lafreri. These two foreign publishers joined forces in Rome during the period 1553–1563. Their prints quickly became immensely popular among tourists and collectors, who purchased the prints individually or in large groups. Large groups of Speculum prints were often bound together in albums upon request. Several Speculum albums have survived, all differing in content. Between 1573 and 1577, Antonio Lafreri published a special title page (titled 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae') that people could add to their collections. Lafreri's death in 1577 did not mark the end of the corpus. A large portion of the copper plates passed to Claudio and Stefano Duchetti. The remainder was dispersed among various other publishers. The popularity of the Speculum prints continued to inspire publishers for a considerable period to commission copies and add new prints to the corpus. Based on the sculpture of the Etruscan bronze she-wolf in the Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome, which had been placed on the Campidoglio in 1471. Romulus and Remus are additions from ca. 1472, 4., piece of s

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Lupae Romulum et Remum urbis conditiones la ctantis antiquum ac aeneum Capitolio signum -wolf Romulus Remus Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae print album page Sculpture Lupa Capitolina depicting twins Romulus Remus suckles Title Latin bottom margin number 77 inscription Ende lib No 23 fol 363 lib 21 153 printmaker attributed Nicolas Beatrizet Italy publisher Antonio Lafreri Rome 1552 Attributed paper engraving gravure height 375 mm x width 268 mm print belongs print corpus Mirror Roman Splendor corpus consisting prints artworks buildings ancient modern Rome originated publishers Antonio Salamanca two foreign publishers joined forces period 1553–1563 prints quickly immensely popular tourists collectors purchased prints individually large groups Large groups Speculum prints bound together albums upon request Several Speculum albums survived differing content 1573 1577 Antonio Lafreri published special title page titled people add collections Lafreri's death mark large portion copper plates passed Claudio Stefano Duchetti remainder was dispersed various publishers popularity Speculum prints continued inspire publishers considerable period commission copies add new prints Based sculpture Etruscan bronze Palazzo dei Conservatori placed Campidoglio 1471 additions ca 1472 4 piece s