Design for a Dish with Portraits of the Roman Emperors Vetllius, Domitian, and Augustus

Theodor de Bry

ca. 1588 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Design for a dish with medallions containing the portraits of three Roman Emperors – Vetllius (top), Domitian (left), and Augustus (right) – around a central medallion with the title. Between the medallions, ornament with three scenes of jesters misbehaving. From a series of four plates.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

ca. 1588

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923