Pallas Athena, plate 20 from the series of The Gods in Niches
Prints and Drawings
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Culture | Italian |
Place of production | Italy |
Date | ca. 1569–1571 |
Object type | |
Medium, technique | paper, engraving (second state of two) |
Dimensions | 403 x 618 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) |
Inventory number | 6813 |
Collection | Prints and Drawings |
On view | This artwork is not on display |
second state of two
Inscribed on a tablet upper left: ‘IMPERATOR CAESAR CONSTANTINVS PROSTATO/AD PONTEM MILVIVM TYRANNO MAXENTIO/POST GRAVIS CCC FERE ANNORVM PERSECVTI-/ONEM AFFLICTAM CHRISTI ECLESIAN LIBER-/TATI ASSERVIT./Raphael pinxit in Vaticano/Io Baptista de Cauallerijs Lagherinus in aere deuo incisit additis multis/et Marcello de Melchioribus er equiti noblissimo dicauit’
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