Art Institute of Chicago
Allegory of Rome, title plate from The Roman Heroes
Hendrick GoltziusLinkedCulture matchlcp-6b28e43172af
- Date
- 1586
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 264855
This engraving is from a series of ten prints depicting heroes from ancient Roman history. In this allegorical title plate, the Haarlem engraver Hendrick Goltzius dedicated the series to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, framing him, a modern ruler, as the heir of ancient Roman valor. The bulging bodies and fanciful costumes in the imaginary portraits are characteristic of Goltzius’s style, which emulated and exaggerated the dynamic poses and muscular forms of ancient sculpture.
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- Credit line
- Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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