C. Fabio Dorso loopt langs de vijand om te gaan offeren, Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1818

Title(s)

C. Fabio Dorso loopt langs de vijand om te gaan offeren
Mentre la Cittadella del Campidoglio era assediata dai Galli, C. Fabio Dorso, dovendo per voto, fare an annuo sacrificio, sul Monte Quirinale, passa con intrepidezza a traverso gli nemidi, quali sorpresi da tale / coraggio lo lasciano liberamente passare, ritornando dop (...) (title on object)
Geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk (series title)
Frontespizio della Istoria Romana (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

37/101

Object number

RP-P-1929-204

Catalogue reference

• Marini&Fagiolo 37

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• inscription: ‘Terwijl de citadel op het Kapitool door de Galliërs...’

Description

C. Fabio Dorso loopt over de trap van het Capitool, langs Gallische soldaten, om te gaan offeren op de Quirinaal. De vijandelijke soldaten laten hem ongedeerd en bewonderen zijn moed.

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 317 mm × width 429 mm

What

• the courage and piety of C. Fabius Dorsuo (Dorso): dressed in sacerdotal robes he leaves the Capitol, which was then besieged by the Gauls, to go and offer a sacrifice on the Quirinal

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. 37