Dood van Virginia, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1817

Title(s)

Dood van Virginia
La Morte di Virginia (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

31/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-198

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 31

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Dood van Virginia.’

Description

Virginius doodt zijn dochter Virginia met een zwaard om haar de begeerte van Appius Claudius te besparen en haar van slavernij te vrijwaren. Laatstgenoemde had valselijk geclaimd dat hij haar bezat. Een menigte Romeinen kijkt toe.

Artist

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

Place

Rome

Dating

1817

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 315 mm × width 425 mm

What

• death of Virginia: she is stabbed to death by her father, the centurion Virginius, in order to save her from the lust of Appius Claudius, who had her falsely claimed as a slave and was giving judgement in her case
• slavery; serfs and enslaved persons

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. 31