Coriolanus wordt ontwapend door Veturia, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818

Title(s)

Coriolanus wordt ontwapend door Veturia
Veturia conoscendo l'impero che essa aveva sempre avuto sul suo figlio Coriolano lo disarma, liberando cosi Roma dall'estremo periglio in cui ritrovavasi (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

28/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-195

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 28

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Vetturia de macht kennende welke zij steeds over haren zoon Coriolanus gehad had, ontwapent hem en bevrijdt aldus / Rome van het groot gevaar waarin het verkeerd had.’

Description

Gaius Marcius Coriolanus wordt ontwapend door zijn moeder Veturia. Links een groep treurende vrouwen en kinderen. Rechts het leger van Coriolanus.

Artist

• print maker: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Bartolomeo Pinelli (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1818

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 318 mm × width 428 mm

What

• (story of) Coriolanus
• Veturia, mother of Coriolanus (one of the nine worthiest women)
• Coriolanus (C. or Cn. Marcius) is met by his wife Volumnia (alternatively called Vergilia) with their two small sons, and his mother Veturia (alternatively called Volumnia); they entreat him not to fight any more

Credit line

• Gift of J.J. de Man, Ede

Acquisition

gift 1929

Copyright

Public domain

• Bartolomeo Pinelli 1781 - 1835 e il suo tempo, Maurizio Marini, Mario Apolloni, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, p. 303-305, cat.nr. 28