An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.

  • Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564.
Date:
[1771?-1773]
Reference:
20418i
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Above centre, a bust of Minerva. Left and right, nudes with swags, from the Sistine chapel ceiling. Between them, a circular panel depicts Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] : cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris [Gavin Hamilton], [1771?-1773]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 56.1 x 35 cm

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Schola italica picturae sive selectae quaedam summorum e schola italica pictorum tabulae aere incisae cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris Romae CDDCCLXXIII. Michelang. Bonaroti pinxit. Joseph Perini sculp Romae 1771.

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Wellcome Collection 20418i

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