Petronia, consort of Vitellius. Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
730741i
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Description

Half-length portrait, directed to front, her right hand placed against her trunk, facing to right

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 34.7 x 23.4 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Petronia Vitellii prima uxor. IX. Uxor sanguinei non illaetabilis Auli Coniugis exitium nil miserata doles. Nec deiecta doles adversam coniuge sortem Sors quia nam misero laeta carere viro est. Vulnerum, et indignae tum post ludibria mortis Cumque viro amissi nominis, ac decoris: Fundo hausit faecem istius Fundana doloris. Imperij, ac gaudi pocula prima bibis. Aegidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp. Marcus Sadeler excud. Lettering in elegiac couplets below the portrait

Reference

Wellcome Collection 730741i

Notes

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

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  • Vitellius and Petronia

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