The Sabine Women Negotiate a Peace, plate 22 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	6987
Collection	Prints and Drawings
On view	This artwork is not on display

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Signed and dated lower left: ‘Battista fonta/na 1573’, inscribed in the lower margin: ‘SABINAE MVLIERES BELLO SOPITO PACEM INTER ROMANOS AFFINES CONCILIANT’ and numbered lower right: ‘2[2]’

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