The Celebrated Roman Women, Pieter Jalhea Furnius, 1573

Plate 3: the abduction of cloelia. Cloelia and one of her sisters re-crossing the tiber on horseback at centre, a group of women standing at left, one seated seen from behind, another one with a basket pointing out towards cloelia, personification of the tiber river lying on his back and seen from behind at right, resting on an amphora and holding a cornucopia with the roman she-wolf suckling romulus and remus next to him, more women seen on the other side of the river; after jan van der straet. 1573 engraving. Date: 1573. Dimensions: Height: 218 mm; Width: 297 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Cloelia. Collection: British Museum. The Celebrated Roman Women (BM 1948,0410.4.52)