RAPE-SABINE WOMEN-ROME-ROMULUS [Matthys POOL after POUSSIN, c. 1700]

Description

Romulus eerste Koning en stigter van Roomen, Bouwheer zijnde van een Nieuwe Staat (…)

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 30 x 22,2 cm. Image size: 29,2 x 21,7 cm.

Source unknown, to be determined.

Made by Matthys Pool after Nicolas Poussin. Mattys Pool (1670-1732) worked as a printmaker/publisher in Amsterdam. He travelled to France. Nicolas Poussin (1594-16658) was the leading French painter of the classical French Baroque style.

Condition: Very good, given age. Some remains of paper from previous atachment on rear. Trimmed close to platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: RAPE-SABINE WOMEN-ROME-ROMULUS

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