An inscription carved on stone with marble statues by Michelangelo including Romulus and Remus. Engraving by J. Perini, 1771, after Michelangelo.

  • Michelangelo
Date:
[1771?-1773]
Reference:
20418i
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Description

Above centre, a bust of Minerva. Left and right, nudes with swags, from the Sistine chapel ceiling. Between them, a circular panel depicts Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf

Publication/Creation

Romae [Rome] : cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris [Gavin Hamilton], [1771?-1773]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 56.1 x 35 cm

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Schola italica picturae sive selectae quaedam summorum e schola italica pictorum tabulae aere incisae cura et impensis Gavini Hamilton pictoris Romae CDDCCLXXIII. Michelang. Bonaroti pinxit. Joseph Perini sculp Romae 1771.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20418i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Pain: passion, compassion, sensibility" at the Science Museum, London, 12 February - 20 June 2004.

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