The emperor Nero fleeing Rome. Etching by F. Torras Armengol, 1874.

  • Torras Armengol, Francesc, 1832-1878.
Date:
[1876]
Reference:
2498584i
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Description

Perhaps Nero's vision? Around are severed heads, a man lifting his own severed head away from his neck, and people who have been killed or have killed themselves

Publication/Creation

[Madrid] : [por una Sociedad de Artistas], [1876]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with aquatint ; platemark 22 x 27.9 cm

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Lettering

Torras Number top right "28" Bears blind stamp, top centre of sheet: El grabador al agua fuerte, and impression number by hand in ink

Edition

[State before lettering "Nerón huyendo de Roma"].

References note

Páez. Repertorio, 2131.7 ; Museo del Prado : catálogo de estampas, n. 1568 (citations from Biblioteca Nacional online catalogue)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2498584i

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  • Impression number: 46

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