Fresco from the facade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome
Two roman soldiers with a prisoner, a depiction of Romulus and Remus with the wolf and several ancient Roman monuments grouped together in the background (second fresco from the left, on the third flour of the building).
Artwork Details
- Title: Fresco from the facade of Palazzo Milesi in Rome
- Artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499–ca. 1543 Messina)
- Draftsman: Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi (Italian, Florence, 1615 or 1618–after 1669)
- Artist: Giovanni Francesco Venturini (Italian, active ca. 1650–1700)
- Date: 17th century (third quarter)
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: plate: 5 13/16 x 3 1/16 in. (14.8 x 7.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.1053
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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