Italian painter and architect (1499–1546)

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Giulio Romano pinxit et delineavit : opere grafiche autografe di collaborazione e bottega / di Stefania Massari.

Taking positions : on the erotic in Renaissance culture / Bette Talvacchia.

An itinerant medicine vendor, draped with live snakes, sells his wares from a stage to an enthusiastic audience. Line engraving by D. Ghisi after G. Romano.

The fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii in an arena surrounded by spectators. Engraving after Giulio Romano, 1541.

Hercules: as an infant he sucks at the breast of Juno. Engraving by J.L. Delignon, 1786, after A. Borel after Giulio Romano.

Bacchus on a chariot preceded by a drunken procession of nude men, women and satyrs all carrying grapes. Engraving, 16--, after G. Romano.

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anne. Lithograph by G. Markendorf after Giulio Romano.

A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.

The capture of Cartagena by the Romans under Scipio Africanus. Engraving by G. Pencz after G. Romano.

Saint Cecilia: her martyrdom. Engraving by C.M.F. Dien, 1827, after Giulio Romano.

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Romano, Giulio, 1499-1546

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A surgeon applying the method of cupping to a man's back: they are surrounded by anxious family and friends. Etching by A. Fantuzzi, ca. 1542, after G. Romano.

Marcus Atilius Regulus placed in a barrel lined with iron spikes with soldiers fitting more nails on the barrel and closing the lid. Line engraving after Giulio Romano, 1560.

An itinerant medicine vendor, draped with live snakes, sells his wares from a stage to an enthusiastic audience. Line engraving by D. Ghisi after G. Romano.

The capture of Cartagena by the Romans under Scipio Africanus. Engraving by G. Pencz after G. Romano.

Saint Cecilia: her martyrdom. Engraving by C.M.F. Dien, 1827, after Giulio Romano.