Identification title(s): tiberinus appears to aeneas. Object type: print object number: rp-p-1939-1530. Catalog reference: the illustrated bartsch 24. The illustrated bartsch 23. Wallace 117. Bartsch 23. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2760 collector's mark, verso, stamped: 'rijks / musm', stamp similar to lugt 2166. Here a line under the m instead of two dots. Description: tiberinus, the river god of the roman river tiber, appears to aeneas during a dream. The river god on the left with his urn, a long beard and reeds on his head. On the right, aeneas sleeps, leaning on his shield. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: salvator rosa (mentioned on object), according to own design by: salvator rosa. Place of manufacture: italy. Dating: ca. 1663 - ca. 1664. Physical features: etching and drypoint. Material: paper technique: etching / drypoint. Dimensions: plate edge: h 350 mm × w 235 mm explanation the print shows many similarities with the painting by salvator rosa in the metropolitan museum of art in new york. According to wallace, the print was made after the painting and not the other way around. Subject: what: the river-god tiberinus appears to aeneas in his sleeping plants and herbs: reed. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1939. Date: ca. 1663 - ca. 1664.
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