Roman Circus
Basil Kennett, English, 1674 - 1715
1704
Engraving on paper
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 3/16 in. (17.1 × 25.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2014.45.55
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
In print, below: Het groot Circus of renperk door Romulus begonnen, door Tarquyn voltooid, en naderhand door Julius, Augustus, Titus en andere Cesars verbeterd en fraai gemaakt. Translation of inscription: "The great Circus begun by Romulus, completed by Tarquyn, and subsequently improved by Julius, Augustus, Titus, and other Cesars and beautifully made."
Course History
ITAL 23, Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Italian Literature and Culture, Nancy Canepa, Winter 2015
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued 2014.
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