Légende
Romulus delectis, disciplinam instaurat, Romulus appoints centurions, Life of Romulus and Remus, print, album page, Series number, 21, 27, Romulus, seen from behind, appoints centurions (Roman army commanders) and looks over his army., printmaker: Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italy, 1572 - 1573, paper, etching, height 136 mm x width 180 mm, Original print 23 in the series., the soldier, the soldier's life, (story of) Romulus and Remus, A monochrome engraving showing a group of armored figures on a hill overlooking a battlefield and distant fortified town, with two central figures standing with their backs to the viewer wearing helmets, segmented armor, and shields while holding long spears, flanked by a mounted figure and other armored men, one of whom kneels and gestures toward the scene below; the landscape is composed of patterned fields and formations of small marching soldiers arranged in rectangular blocks, dotted with tiny human figures, and a skyline of a castle-like town on rolling hills; above, a sky with horizontal hatching and scattered stylized clouds fills the upper portion of the image.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26A75_181
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49.0Mo (11.9Mo) / 39.2cm x 31.3cm / 4629 x 3697 (300dpi)