Statilia Messallina, consort of Nero. Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
730670i
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Description

Half-length portrait, pointing with her right hand to left, looking downwards to left, masonry in background

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 34.6 x 24 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Statilia Messallina Claudii Neron. uxor. VI. Amplexus Claudi ad dulces Octavia primum Spreta, ac iussa mori mi patefecit iter. Deinde Sabina, gravis pulsu quae calcis obivit Tam magni nuptam principis esse dedit. Cuius quanta fuit non formidasse furorem Laus mihi, materiam nec tribuisse malo. Pellice tam doleo Agrippina facta noverca; Mi socrus ac mater coniugis illa mei est. Aegidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp. Marcus Sadeler excudit. Lettering in four elegiac couplets below the portrait

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 730670i

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Where to find it

  • Nero and Statilia

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