Domitia Longina, consort of Domitian. Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
730781i
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Description

Half-length portrait, directed to left, her right hand holding cloak at shoulder, facing to left

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 34.4 x 23.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Domitia Longina, Domitiani uxor. XII Uxor inhumani saevique avversa mariti Moribus esse proba, ac non nisi iusta potes. Non te rupta fides spretae aut commercia taedae Participem damnent caedis inesse viri. Tantam si mundo posses subducere pestem Laus quae nunc aliqua est, tunc tua tota foret. Grande tyrannorum quisquis de morte meretur Vita tyrannorum non habet illa fidem. Aegidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp. Marcus Sadeler excudit. Lettering in elegiac couplets below the portrait

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 730781i

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  • Domitian and Domitia Longina

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