Milonia Caesonia, consort of Caligula Caesar. Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
730668i
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Description

Half-length portrait, directed to front, head facing towards the left, leaning her right hand on ledge, ruined arcades in right background

Publication/Creation

[Venice?] : Marcus Sadeler excud, [between 1600 and 1699]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 34.2 x 23.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Caesonia Caesar Caligulae uxor. IV. Haec quae Caesareo videnda coetu Augustas nitet inter, aureoque Ornatu muliebriter renidens. Nil distat reliquis; recondit audax Vultum foemina casside, ac sub armis Vires abdidit illa delicatas. Haec protectaque parmula rotunda Ibat iuxta equitans comes marito; Castrensis caligae unde nuncupato Imprimis ea Caesari probata est. Aegid.us Sadeler sculpsit. Marcus Sadeler excudit. Lettering in hendecasyllables below the portrait

Notes

One print in a set of twelve pairs of prints of Roman emperors and empresses

Reference

Wellcome Collection 730668i

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Where to find it

  • Caligula and Caesonia

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