Cloelia fleeing on horseback across the Tiber. Engraving by C. van Kittensteyn, 1619, after Polidoro da Caravaggio.
- Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543.
- Date:
- 1619
- Reference:
- 2475282i
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About this work
Description
Cloelia was a Roman girl given as a hostage to the Etruscan king 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
[Amsterdam] : C.J. Visscher, 1619.
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 28.3 x 42 cm
Lettering
Cum sociis obses ruptis dum Cloelia vinclis Tranat aquas, cives obsidione levat. C. v. Kittensteyn schulp. Polydor inven. Roma
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2475282i
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Location Status Access Closed stores