Caption
Portrait busts of Emperor Constantine and the equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Sculptures from antiquity, print, album page, Print is part of an album., number: '52', inscription: 'Ende lib. No. 4 fol. 98. lib. No. 12 fol. 11. No. 23...', Italy, publisher: Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Rome, publisher: Antonio Salamanca, grantor of privilege: Urban VIII, Vatican City, 1538, 1641, Giovanni Battista de' Rossi, Antonio Salamanca, Urban VIII, printmaker, grantor of privilege, paper, engraving, height 180 mm x width 238 mm, This print is part of a series of at least 19 prints of sculptures from antiquity. The sculptures are located in the Capitoline Museums in Rome., Person, Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of the Roman Empire), Constantine II (Emperor of the Roman Empire), piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, historical persons, A detailed engraving shows a large equestrian statue of a robed man seated on a prancing horse atop a multi-tiered pedestal, with the horse lifting one front leg and the rider holding the reins and drapery falling over his lap; on either side of the central statue there are oval framed relief portraits of two faces with similar short hair and calm expressions, each set within lined oval borders, and the image is rendered in fine hatched lines and shading on a lightly mottled background.
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Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B30_279
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42.8Mb (11.0Mb) / 14.9in x 11.2in / 4473 x 3347 (300dpi)