A Roman emperor holding two swords addresses a man in a toga who holds a bowl or mirror to his face. Etching after Polidoro da Caravaggio.

  • Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543.
Date:
[between 1600 and 1699?]
Reference:
2535378i
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Description

Possibly catoptromancy (divination from a mirror)?

Publication/Creation

[Rome?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1600 and 1699?]

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 31.8 x 19.7 cm

Contributors

Edition

[State without the imprint of Jacob Frey].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2535378i

Reproduction note

After: a fresco painting in the reverse direction by Polidoro da Caravaggio and/or Maturino da Firenze on the façade of the Palazzo Milesi, Rome (second floor, right of central window)

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