Caption

Term with two children in her arms, Portrait of the 17th Term, Oeuvre de la diversité des termes, dont on use en architecture, reduict en ordre, Terms in various architectural orders, print, album page, In the center the wolf with Romulus and Remus. At the bottom children and animals drinking from breasts. Numbered at the top left: 70. According to the explanation on page 72, this concerns a combination of the Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders. Print is part of an album., printmaker, after design by, paper, woodcut, letterpress printing, woodcut with letterpress text, height 308 mm x width 201 mm, Romulus and Remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf, 'Lupa Romana', nursing, suckling, pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm), Herm: pillar with the head of Mercury, patron of travelers, herms (garden ornaments), A vertical black ink engraving on aged paper showing an ornate column-like decorative sculpture with a top entablature featuring carved faces and floral motifs, beneath which a group of three small nude figures cluster around a central face with a headdress, their arms intertwined and a small snake-like form coiled among them, below that a garland of fruit and leaves hangs over a draped cloth, under which a suckling animal stands on a rounded platform, further down a reversed reclining human form is entwined with fabric and ropes, and at the base a dense cluster of reclining and seated small figures and animal forms rests on a rectangular plinth.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B33_162

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Keywords

Term two children arms Portrait 17th Term Oeuvre de la diversité des termes dont en architecture reduict en ordre Terms various architectural orders print album page center wolf Romulus Remus bottom children animals drinking breasts Numbered top left 70 According explanation page 72 concerns combination Doric Ionic Corinthian Composite orders Print part album printmaker design paper woodcut letterpress printing letterpress text height 308 mm x width 201 mm washed ashore suckled -wolf Lupa Romana nursing suckling pedestal piece sculpture perhaps form herm Herm pillar head Mercury patron travelers herms garden ornaments vertical black ink engraving aged paper showing ornate column- decorative sculpture top entablature featuring carved faces floral motifs beneath group three small nude figures cluster central face headdress arms intertwined small snake- form coiled them garland fruit leaves hangs draped cloth under suckling animal stands rounded platform further down reversed reclining human form entwined fabric ropes base dense cluster seated small figures animal forms rests rectangular plinth