Above, a seated woman representing Latium (Lazio) or Rome; below, a triton, a river god and a winged woman, representing the Tiber. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1671.

  • Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.
Date:
1671
Reference:
567753i
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Above, trophies seized in war and the shield of the Roman senate and people. Left, an angel offers to Latium the attributes of the Papacy; right, Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf

Publication/Creation

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Apud Joannem Janssonium à Waesberge et haeredes Elizaei Weyerstraet, 1671.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; image 30.6 x 19.6 cm

Lettering

Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu Latium. Cui par nihil est, nihil secundu(m). Lipsius. R. de Hooge fecit

Reference

Wellcome Collection 567753i

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