Lars Porsenna is receiving the news of Cloelia's flight. Engraving by G. Pencz.

  • Pencz, Georg, 1500?-1550.
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42707i
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Description

Cloelia can be seen fleeing across the Tiber in the background

Cloelia was a Roman girl given as a hostage to Lars Porsenna. She escaped across the Tiber to Rome, by swimming or on horseback, but was handed back to Porsenna, who admiring her bravery, freed her and other hostages

Publication/Creation

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Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; sheet 7.7 x 11.7 cm

Lettering

Cloelia PG Rex Prosenna

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg, 1920-1922, no. 8, p. 190

Reference

Wellcome Collection 42707i

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