Romulus and Remus

Giulio Romano|Wenceslaus Hollar

1652 · Etching; only state · Drawings and Prints

Romulus and Remus suckling milk from a wolf, standing to right with its right hind leg on a rock. From a series of six plates, etched by Hollar after drawings by Giulio Romano from the collection of Nicolas Lanier, designs for stucco medallions at the Palazzo Te in Mantua.

Artist

Giulio Romano|Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1652

Medium

Etching; only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917