Title page for "Roman Emperors on Horseback"

Philips Galle|Adriaen Collaert|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

ca. 1587–89 · Engraving; first state of two · Drawings and Prints

Title page for the series 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'. Depicted is a personification of the river Tiber with the wolf feeding Romulus and Remus at center and an eagle overhead, Venus in niche at left and Mars at right, a portrait of Johannes Stradanus at bottom center, Troy burning in the background with Aeneas and his father fleeing at left.

Artist

Philips Galle|Adriaen Collaert|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus

Date

ca. 1587–89

Medium

Engraving; first state of two

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956