Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Adriaen, Imperatorvm XII. A svetonio descriptorvm effigies resqve gestae, Roman emperors on horseback, Caligvla, Emperor Caligula on horseback, verso bottom center - stamped, On a column emperor Caligula on horseback. In the background scenes from his life. On the left he orders an army to find shells, on the right ships are used as a bridge on Caligula's orders. At the bottom of the column in a cartouche the murder of Caligula by soldiers of the Praetorian Guard. In another cartouche the insane behavior of the emperor is shown: Caligula lies naked on a mountain of gold coins. The print has a Latin caption. The print is part of a twelve-part series on Roman emperors., print, prints, height 323 mm, width 221 mm, South Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1587 - 1589, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1523 - 1605-11-02, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher
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Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Adriaen, Imperatorvm XII, svetonio descriptorvm effigies, resqve, gestae, Roman emperors, horseback, Caligvla, Emperor Caligula, verso, bottom, center - stamped, column emperor Caligula, background scenes, life, left, orders, army, find shells, right ships, bridge, Caligula's orders, column, cartouche, murder, Caligula, soldiers, Praetorian Guard, another cartouche, insane behavior, emperor, shown, lies, naked, mountain, gold coins, print, Latin caption, part, twelve-part series, prints, height 323 mm, width 221 mm, South Netherlands, 1775, 1560 - 1618-06-29, print maker, printmaker, 1587 - 1589, paper, engraving, printing process, Work conception, Southern Netherlands, 1523 - 1605-11-02, design, Publication, Event, 1537 - 1612-03-29, publisher
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