Nero (54-68 A.D.)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Pontius

Title

Nero (54-68 A.D.)

Place

Flanders (Artist's nationality:)

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1638

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Printed in plate, below image, center: "IMP. NERO CÆSAR AVGVSTVS. / Ex marmore antiquo."; in plate, below image, lower left: "P.P. Rubens delineauit. / P. Pontius sculpsit. Ao 1638"; in plate, below image, lower right: "Cum priuilegiis Regis Christianissmi / Principum Belgarum et Ord. Batauiae."

Dimensions

Image/plate/sheet: 31.6 × 20.4 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund

Reference Number

2015.350

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