, Antique Print-CAESONIA-CALIGULA-ROMAN-EMPIRE-PORTRAIT-Mariette-Sadeler-c.1700, Pictura Antique Prints
, Antique Print-CAESONIA-CALIGULA-ROMAN-EMPIRE-PORTRAIT-Mariette-Sadeler-c.1700, Pictura Antique Prints

Antique Print-CAESONIA-CALIGULA-ROMAN-EMPIRE-PORTRAIT-Mariette-Sadeler-c.1700

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€175.00

‘CAESONIA CAESAR CALIGULAE UXOR ? IIII ? CAESONIA FUT DEBAUCHEE PAR L?EMPEREUR CALIGULE, QUOY QU?ELLE FUT DE-JA AAGEE ET EUT EU TROIS ENFANTS [?].’

– Bust portrait of Caesonia, wife of Emperor Caligula, in classical dress with draped robe and ornamented sash, hair in ringlets, with Latin and French inscriptions.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Grapes (dating ca. 1640).

Sheet size: 26.8 x 40.4 cm (10.55 x 15.91 inch). Image size: 19.1 x 28 cm. (7.52 x 11.02 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light toning, crease in top margin, minor handling defects, strong impression with full margins. Light foxing, creasing, and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CAESONIA, CALIGULA, ROMAN EMPIRE, ANTIQUE PORTRAIT, CLASSICAL HISTORY, ENGRAVING, SADELER, MARIETTE | PCO-E22-21

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Likely based on Sadeler engraving; published by Pierre Mariette I, Paris ca. 1640. Pierre Mariette I (ca. 1603-1657), a major Parisian print dealer and publisher in the 17th century.

Biography artist: Aegidius Sadeler (ca. 1570-1629) was a Flemish engraver known for detailed portraits and historical scenes; active mainly in Prague and associated with the court of Rudolf II.

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 26 × 1 cm

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