Identification title(s): drowning persons are brought on board. Navalis pugna ad tiberis ostia (title on object) the arrival of the etruscans in latium (copies) (series title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1935-173. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark; verso, stamped: lugt 2228 number, recto lower right, handwritten in brown ink: '673'. Description: drowning people are brought aboard a ship by soldiers. On the left lies a river god and a she-wolf suckling the twins romulus and remus. Manufacture. Manufacturer: after a print by: pietro sante bartolip printmaker: anonymous, after a design by: polidoro da caravaggio (mentioned on object), after a painting by: maturino da firenze publisher: le blond (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: after print by: italy, printmaker: italy, after design by: rome, after painting by: rome. Dating: 1645 - 1700. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 162 mm × w 454 mm. Explanation: print from a series of copies of eight prints after a painted frieze: the arrival of the etruscans in latium, by polidoro da caravaggio and maturino da firenze, which once adorned the palazzo gaddi in rome. Mirror-image copy of a print by pietro santi bartoli. Subject: what: saving a person from drowning, shipwrecked person, the soldier; the life of a soldiership (in general). Romulus and remus are washed ashore and suckled by a she-wolf; 'lupa romana'river-gods. Credit line: donation from mr. F. Schmidt-degener, amsterdam. Acquisition: donation 1935. Date: between 1645 and 1700.
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