Flavia Domitilla, consort of Vespasian . Line engraving by A. Sadeler, 16--.

Date:
[between 1600 and 1699]
Reference:
730760i
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Description

Half-length portrait, directed to left, left hand pointing downwards, facing to front

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; sheet 34.7 x 24 cm

Lettering

Flavia Domicilla Vespasiani uxor. X. Vidissem nostri meliora reducere quondam Tempora Caesareum quae diadema viri; Et praematuro celerem quae tempore frugem Cepissem nati de probitate Titi: Heu rapidum morior: mihi ducere longa negatum In gaudis tecum fila marite tuis. Caesareas inter quam tu mirare maritas Privato vivens sum sociata viro. Aegidius Sadeler S.C.M. sculp. Marcus Sadeler excudit. Lettering in elegiac couplets below the portrait

Reference

Wellcome Collection 730760i

Notes

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

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  • Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla

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