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Publius Horatius from The Roman Heroes
Artist:
Date:
1586
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Engraving
Dimensions:
36.8 x 23.4 cm (image)
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Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1963.30.14482
Acquisition Date:
1963-04-09
Credit Line:
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Heroic sturdy Roman soldier, gazing at the heavens with reverence, wears a skirt of leather strips, helmet with wings, feathers, plumes, robe, leather sandals and sword. Hordes of nude men with swords line up for battle. Others watch gladiators fight in an arena. Horse, shield, centaur.
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Christ Sent to Herod, no. 13 from The Passion of Christ (before 1587)