Romulus Founds the City and Names it Rome, plate 9 from a series of 27 prints representing the story of Romulus and Remus Giovanni Battista Fontana

Artist	Giovanni Battista Fontana Ala [near Verona], 1524 – Innsbruck, 1587
Culture	Italian
Place of production	Italy
Date	1573–1575
Object type	print
Medium, technique	paper, etching
Dimensions	139 x 173 mm (sheet, trimmed)
Inventory number	6982
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Inscribed in the lower margin: ‘SVBLATO FRATRE ROMVLVS INITIA VRBIS LOCAT EAMQ ASVE NOMINE APPELLAT ROMAM’

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