2016.248.27: Romulus Ascends to Heaven during a Storm, plate 27
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2016.248.27
- People
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Giovanni Battista Fontana, Italian (Verona, Italy c. 1524 - 1587 Innsbruck, Austria)
- Title
- Romulus Ascends to Heaven during a Storm, plate 27
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: History of Romulus and Remus
Alternate Title: Exercitum Lustrans Romulus Subita Tempestate in Coelum Raptus Divinis Honoribus A suis Colitur - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1575
- Culture
- Italian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/356901
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 13.9 × 17.1 cm (5 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: in plate, above image: EXERCITUM LVSTRANS ROMVLVS SVBITA TEMPESTATE IN COELVM
- inscription: in plate, below image: RAPTVS DIVINIS HONORIBVS A SVIS COLITVR
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna. [James Bergquist, Newton Center, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
- Accession Year
- 2016
- Object Number
- 2016.248.27
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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