Antwerp, Galle, Philips, Straet, Jan van der, Collaert, Adriaen, Imperatorvm XII. A svetonio descriptorvm effigies resqve gestae, Roman emperors on horseback, Title print of a series about Roman emperors on horseback, verso center bottom - stamped, Central in this title print a column with on top the symbol of Rome, the she-wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Next to her the personification of the Tiber. Above them flies an eagle, with in its claws a cartouche with the title of the series. At the bottom of the column the globe with the Roman Empire and the portrait of Johannes Stradanus in an oval frame with bust to the right. On either side the gods Diana and Mars. In the background the destruction of Troy and the flight of Aeneas with his father on his back and his son in his hand. The print has a Latin caption. This is the title print of a twelve-part series on Roman emperors., print, title print, prints, verso middle - stamped, height 332 mm, width 222 mm, Southern 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

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