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Death of Atilius Regulus

A work made of etching with drypoint on thick ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of etching with drypoint on thick ivory laid paper.

Date:

1662

Artist:

Salvator Rosa
Italian, 1615-1673

About this artwork

Salvator Rosa paired this large-scale etching with a similarly oversize print of the crucifixion of Polycrates (the painting is also in the Art Institute collection, 1942.292). He dedicated this etching—depicting the gruesome end of the stalwart Roman consul Atilius Regulus at the hands of the Carthaginians—to his best friend, Giovanni Battista Riccardi, urging him to stay strong in the face of adverse fortune, just as Atilius Regulus “remains a firm center in the midst of so many nails.”

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Salvator Rosa

Title

Death of Atilius Regulus

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1661–1662

Medium

Etching with drypoint on thick ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 46.2 × 72.6 cm (18 1/4 × 28 5/8 in.); Sheet: 52.7 × 76.3 cm (20 3/4 × 30 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment

Reference Number

1973.445

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