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Calphurnius

Calphurnius
(c. 1590)
plate 8 from The Roman heroes series

Medium
engraving
Measurements
23.5 × 15.5 cm (image) 24.9 × 15.9 cm (plate) 26.0 × 17.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 171
Printing/Publishing
published by Hans Jacops, Amsterdam, (c. 1590)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: 8
printed in ink l.l.: Calphurni virtute locis ereptus iniquis, / Expes Attilius læta trophæa tulit.
printed in ink l.c.: Hæc laus summa virûm est, hæc sydera summa meretur. / A patria damno pellere damna suo. F Estius
printed in ink l.r.: 9
Accession Number
3385-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1927
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display