ECL-Bn.12:23-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.12:23-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue: she-wolf and twins
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
The volume Bn 12 is described in Fa 4 as : 'Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae in loose sheets being points of ye most famous remains of buildings, amphitheatres, temples, columns, triumphal arches, mausoleums and statues in Rome - engraved by Lafrerius, Barlachus, Aen. Vicus and others'
Description
Content (description)
The wolf, with its teeth bared and its head to the left, stands on a plinth and the twins suckle beneath.
Inscribed, on the plinth: LUPAE ROMULUM ET REMUM URBIS CONDITORES LANCTANTIS/ANTIQUUM AC AENEUM IN CAPITOLIO SIGNUM/ ANT. LAFRERII. FORMIS. ROMAE M. D. LII
Inscribed, on the plinth: LUPAE ROMULUM ET REMUM URBIS CONDITORES LANCTANTIS/ANTIQUUM AC AENEUM IN CAPITOLIO SIGNUM/ ANT. LAFRERII. FORMIS. ROMAE M. D. LII
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 317mm
width (actual size): 402mm
width (actual size): 402mm
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Lafrery, Antoine, 1512 - 1577 (Engraver)
Date
1552
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Fuhrer (no. 1454 Now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori)